Confirmed infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2, have 396,413 in Bangladesh with the detection of 1,586 more cases over the last 24 hours till Friday.
Besides, the Covid-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus, killed 14 more people during the period to take the death tally in the country to 5,761.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 23, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,586 | 396,413 |
| Death | 14 | 5,761 |
| Recovered | 1,533 | 312,065 |
| Test | 14,119 | 2,235,488 |
Currently, there are 78,587 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, 1,533 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 312,065.
During the period, 14,119 samples were tested in 110 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,235,488 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 11.23 percent in the last 24 hours.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 78.72 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.45 percent.
On Thursday, Bangladesh reported 24 deaths and 1,696 infections from coronavirus after testing 14,958 samples with a positivity rate of 11.34 percent.
Meanwhile, a record 509,808 fresh infections from coronavirus were reported around the world in the last 24 hours till 10am on Friday as the virus continued to rage the world.
In total, the confirmed infections from the virus have reached 41,994,442 across the globe.
Besides, the death toll from the virus has jumped to 1,142,744 globally, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 9,664,467 patients, 9,589,375 are in mild condition while 75,092 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 31,187,231 people have made recovery from the disease in different countries. Of them, 282,925 recuperated in the last 24 hours.
The US is the worst-hit country with highest cases and deaths in the world at 8,661,651 and 228,381 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 7,761,312 and third highest fatalities of 117,336 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 155,962 and third highest cases of 5,332,634.