Bangladesh has registered 25 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the death toll so far to 7,217.
The caseload climbed to 498,293 after 1,318 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8 am Friday, according to data released by the government.
The number of fresh recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period as another 2,024 patients recovered from the illness through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the total to 433,614.
As many as 14,336 samples were tested at 159 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 9.19 percent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 87.02 percent while the mortality rate stands at 1.45 percent.
Source: bdnews24.com
