The number of infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, has reached 406,364 with the detection of 1,604 more cases in the previous 24 hours till Friday.
Besides, a further 19 people succumbed to the highly contagious virus during the period to take the death toll in the country to 5,905.
Of the new deceased, 12 are men and seven are women. Among the total dead, 4,541 or 76.91 percent are men while 1,364 or 23.09 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 30, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,604 | 406,364 |
| Death | 19 | 5,905 |
| Recovered | 1,422 | 322,703 |
| Test | 14,141 | 2,324,730 |
Currently, there are 77,756 active cases in the country.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
As per the press release, 1,422 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 322,703.
During the period, 14,141 samples were tested in 112 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,324,730 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 11.34 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.48 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 79.41 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 25 deaths and 1,681 infections from coronavirus after testing 14,268 samples with a positivity rate of 11.78 percent.
Meanwhile, coronavirus continued to ravage the entire world affecting record 548,814 people in the last 24 hours till 10am on Friday.
In total, the reported infections from the virus have reached 45,321,659 worldwide.
Besides, the virus has killed 1,186,243 people, including 7,019 during the period, globally, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 11,142,220 patients, 11,059,984 are in mild condition while 82,236 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 32,993,196 people have made recovery from the disease in different countries. Of them, 266,067 recuperated in the last 24 hours.
The US is the worst-hit country with highest cases and deaths in the world at 9,212,767 and 234,177 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,088,046 and third highest fatalities of 121,131 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 159,033 and third highest cases of 5,496,402.