Bangladesh logs 527 more Covid cases, positivity rate jumps to 12.72%

Bangladesh reported 527more Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.

With no new deaths reported country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,339 while with the new infections, the total caseload rose to 2,017,614, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate jumped to 12.72 percent from Saturday's 9.66 percent after testing 4,143 samples.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent while the recovery rate declined to 97.17 percent.

In August, the country reported 32 Covid-linked deaths and 6,689 cases.

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.