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Bangladesh registered 26 more Covid-related deaths in 24 hours till Monday Morning, the lowest in in around four months.
The country last recorded 22 single-day Covid deaths on May 27, this year.
Besides, 1,555 more people came out positive with the virus during the 24-hour period after testing 27,431 samples, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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With this increase, the daily case positivity rate rose to 5.67 percent from Sunday’s 5.62 percent.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total covid-19 fatalities to 27,251 today (Monday), while the caseload mounted to 1,544,238, said the DGHS.
Meanwhile, it said, the fatality rate remained static at 1.76 per cent.
Besides, the recovery rate continued to rise as it reached 97.34 per cent on Monday with the recovery of 1,565 patients during the 24-hour period.
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So far, 1,503,106 people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added.