Confirmed cases from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which is responsible for Covid-19, have surged to 430,496 in Bangladesh with the detection of a further 1,531 infections over the last 24 hours till Saturday.
Besides, 14 more virus-related deaths added during the period to bring the total tally to 6,173.
Of the new deceased, 10 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 4,751 or 76.96 percent are men while 1,422 or 23.04 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on November 14, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,531 | 430,496 |
| Death | 14 | 6,173 |
| Recovered | 1,462 | 347,849 |
| Test | 11,795 | 2,527,134 |
Currently, there are 76,474 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, 1,462 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 347,849.
During the period, 11,795 samples were tested in 115 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,527,134 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 12.98 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.03 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 80.80 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
On Friday, the country logged 19 deaths and 1,767 infections from coronavirus after testing 13,539 samples with a positivity rate of 13.05 percent.
Meanwhile, coronavirus rages on across the world which saw record 6,55,925 cases in the last 24 hours till 10am on Saturday.
In total, virus cases have reached 53,746,703 around the world, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
This is for first time that over 6.5 lakh cases were registered in a single day around the world.
Besides, virus-related deaths have climbed to 1,309,408 including 10,008 reported during the period, globally.
Of the currently infected 14,915,437 patients, 14,805,878 are in mild condition while 109,559 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 37,521,858 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 11,064,364 and 249,975 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,773,243 and third highest fatalities of 129,225 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 164,946 and third highest cases of 5,819,496.