11 more die, 470 get Covid
Bangladesh's novel coronavirus caseload climbed to 545,424 yesterday after the health authorities detected 470 new cases in 24 hours till the morning.
With 11 newly recorded Covid-19 deaths, the fatality count now stands at 8,395.
The mortality rate is 1.54 percent, a handout from the Directorate General of Health Services said.
Bangladesh reported its first novel coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on March 18.
So far, 4,018,268 tests have been carried out, including 15,032 in the same 24-hour period.
"The daily infection rate jumped to 3.13 percent and the overall rate stands at 13.57 percent," the DGHS said.
On Thursday, the daily infection rate was 2.63 percent which was 2.65 percent the previous day.
Meanwhile, the health authorities reported 743 recoveries in the 24-hour period, taking the total number of recoveries to 495,498 or 90.85 percent of the total recorded cases.
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