Confirmed cases from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, have jumped to 471,739 in Bangladesh after the health authorities announced the detection of 2,336 more cases in the previous 24 hours till Thursday.
Besides, the highly contagious pathogen killed 35 more people during the period, pushing the national death toll to 6,748.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 03, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 2,336 | 471,739 |
| Death | 35 | 6,748 |
| Recovered | 2,593 | 388,379 |
| Test | 16,807 | 2,820,981 |
Of the new deceased, 23 are men and 12 are women. Among the total dead, 5,164 or 76.53 percent are men while 1,584 or 23.47 percent are women.
Currently, there are 76,612 active cases in the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
As per the press release, 2,593 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 388,379.
During the period, 16,807 samples were tested in 118 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,820,981 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 13.78 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.72 percent.
The recovery rate in Bangladesh stands at 82.33 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
On Wednesday, the country reported 38 deaths and 2,198 infections from coronavirus after testing 15,972 samples with a positivity rate of 13.76 percent.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
Meanwhile, the world has no respite from the coronavirus as different countries have so far registered 64,844,711 infections as of Thursday morning.
Besides, the global death tally from the virus has surged to 1,499,346, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 18,403,884 patients, 18,158,331 are in mild condition while 106,672 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 44,941,481 people have made recovery from the disease in different countries.
The US is the worst-hit country with highest cases and deaths in the world at 14,313,941 and 279,865 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,534,964 and third highest fatalities of 138,657 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 174,531 and third highest cases of 6,436,650.