Bangladesh recorded 1,469 new infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, over the last 24 hours till Friday to take the total to 417,475.
Besides, the death toll from the pathogen has reached 6,036 after it took the lives of 15 more people during the period.
Of the new deceased, 11 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 4,646or 76.97 percent are men while 1,390 or 23.03 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on November 06, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,469 | 417,475 |
| Death | 15 | 6,036 |
| Recovered | 1,439 | 335,027 |
| Test | 13,521 | 2,418,423 |
Currently, there are 76,412 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, 1,439 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 335,027.
During the period, 13,521 samples were tested in 114 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,418,423 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 10.86 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.26 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 80.25 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, the country recorded 17 deaths and 1,842 infections from coronavirus after testing 15,225 samples with a positivity rate of 12.10 percent.
Meanwhile, the world continued to see new record for highest coronavirus cases in a day as 608,301 fresh infections were recorded in different countries in the last 24 hours till 10am on Friday.
In total, confirmed coronavirus cases around the world have reached 49,030,314, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Besides, the global death toll from the virus has jumped to 1,239,607, including 8,821 reported during the period.
This is for the first time that over 6 lakh cases were registered in a single day around the world.
Of the currently infected 12,808,651 patients, 12,718,628 are in mild condition while 90,023 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 34,982,056 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 9,919,522 and 240,953 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,411,034 and third highest fatalities of 125,029 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 161,779 and third highest cases of 5,614,258.