Bangladesh logged three more Covid-linked deaths with 327 fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning amid a continuous downtrend in the positivity rate. The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 1.91 per cent from Wednesday’s 1.97 per cent after testing 17,093 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). On Wednesday, Bangladesh reported one Covid-linked death with 323 fresh cases. The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,100 while the caseload to 19, 48,798. Read: RU student stabbed, students stage demo demanding arrest of attackers All the three deceased were men. Two of the deaths were reported from Dhaka division while one from Khulna division. Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. However, the recovery rate rose to 95.20 per cent with the recovery of 2,479 more patients during the 24-hour period. On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths. On December 9 last year, Bangladesh logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks. Read: President summons 17th JS session on March 28 The country reported first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.