Reported infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, have reached 469,423 in Bangladesh with the detection of 2,198 more cases over the last 24 hours till Wednesday.
Besides, the virus claimed the lives of 38 more people during the period to bring the total tally to 6,713.
Of the new deceased, 25 are men and 13 are women. Among the total dead, 5,141 or 76.58 percent are men while 1,572 or 23.42 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 02, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 2,198 | 469,423 |
| Death | 38 | 6,713 |
| Recovered | 2,562 | 385,786 |
| Test | 15,972 | 2,804,174 |
Currently, there are 76,924 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, 2,562 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 385,786.
During the period, 15,972 samples were tested in 118 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,804,174 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 13.76 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.74 percent.
The recovery rate in Bangladesh stands at 82.18 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
On Tuesday, the country reported 31 deaths and 2,293 infections from coronavirus after testing 15,501 samples with a positivity rate of 16.79 percent.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
Meanwhile, coronavirus continues to ravage the world which has so far seen 64,188,950 infections as of Wednesday morning.
Besides, the global death toll from the virus has reached 1,486,609, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 18,264,361 patients, 18,158,331 are in mild condition while 106,030 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 44,437,980 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 14,108,490 and 276,976 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,499,710 and third highest fatalities of 138,159 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 173,862 and third highest cases of 6,388,526.