Bangladesh logged seven more Covid-linked deaths and 253 fresh infections in 24 hours till Friday morning, according to Directorate General of Health Services.

Of the deceased three were men and four women, said DGHS.

The daily-case positivity rate increased to 1.40 from Thursday’s 1.25 per cent.

The fresh numbers took the total fatalities to 27,946 while the country’s caseload mounted to 15, 73,711, said DGHS.

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Dhaka division logged six Covid-related deaths while Chattogram  division logged one during the period, it said.

However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.78 per cent.

The fresh cases were detected after testing 18,124 samples, the DGHS added.

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Besides, the recovery rate remained the same as 97.72 per cent with the recovery of 294 more patients during the 24-hour period.