Bangladesh has reported 2,265 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the country’s tally to 292,625 on Saturday.
The Covid-19 death toll increased to 3,907 after 46 new fatalities were reported until 8 am Saturday, according to data released by the health directorate.
Another 2,952 patients recovered from the disease through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, with the number of daily recoveries outpacing new infections for the fourth day.
The recovery count currently stands at 175,567, bdnews24.com reported.
A total of 11,356 samples were tested at 91 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 19.95 percent.
The official figures put the recovery rate from COVID-19 at 60 percent while the latest deaths of 36 men and 10 women took the mortality rate to 1.34 percent.