Country reports 18 deaths, 1,568 virus cases

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News Desk :
Country has logged 1,568 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 409,252, reports bdnew24.com
The death toll climbed to 5,941 after 18 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Sunday, the government said in a statement.
The number of recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period as another

 1,795 patients recovered from the disease at home and in hospital care. It brings the total to 325,940.
As many as 12,549 samples were tested at 113 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 12.50 percent, according to data released by the health directorate.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 79.64 percent while the mortality rate stands at 1.45 percent.

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