The number of infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, has reached 398,815 with the detection of 1,308 new cases in the last 24 hours till Sunday.
Besides, the virus claimed the lives of 23 more people during the period, raising the death toll in the country to 5,803.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 24, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,308 | 398,815 |
| Death | 23 | 5,803 |
| Recovered | 1,544 | 315,107 |
| Test | 11,103 | 2,257,589 |
Of the new deceased, 19 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 4,471 or 77.05 percent are men while 1,332 or 22.95 percent are women.
Currently, there are 77,905 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, 1,544 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 315,107.
During the period, 11,103 samples were tested in 111 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,257,589 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 11.78 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.67 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 79.01 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.46 percent.
On Saturday, Bangladesh logged 19 deaths and 1,094 infections from coronavirus after testing 10,998 samples with a positivity rate of 9.95 percent.
Meanwhile, coronavirus continued its spread across the world dangerously affecting 456,536 people in the previous 24 hours till 10am on Sunday.
In total, the reported infections from the virus have reached 42,946,441 across the globe.
Besides, the virus has so far claimed the lives of 1,154,857 people globally, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 10,118,579 patients, 10,041,332 are in mild condition while 77,247 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 31,673,005 people have made recovery from the disease in different countries. Of them, 245,985 recuperated in the last 24 hours.
The US is the worst-hit country with highest cases and deaths in the world at 8,827,932 and 230,068 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 7,864,811 and third highest fatalities of 118,567 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 156,926 and third highest cases of 5,381,224.