Bangladesh logged 48 more Covid-19 deaths and 1,327 cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.
The country reported 38 Covid-related deaths and 2,325 cases on Friday, indicating a significant drop in daily cases but a slight increase in fatalities, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case positivity rate dropped further to 7.03 % from 8.65 % on Friday and 8.76 % on Thursday, suggesting that the pandemic keeps easing in Bangladesh.
The fresh numbers pushed the country’s total fatalities to 26,880 while the cases reached 15,28,582 the DGHS said.
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The new cases were detected after testing 18,869 samples during the 24-hour period.
Besides, the recovery rate rose to 96.51 per cent while the case fatality remained unchanged at 1.76 per cent compared to the corresponding period.