Bangladesh on Friday reported 2,252 more infections from coronavirus over a 24-hour period to bring the total 473,991.
Besides, casualties linked to the virus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, have reached 6,772 after highly contagious pathogen claimed 24 more lives during the period.
Of the new deceased, 20 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 5,184 or 76.55 percent are men while 1,588 or 23.45 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 02, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 2,252 | 473,991 |
| Death | 24 | 6,772 |
| Recovered | 2,572 | 390,951 |
| Test | 15,430 | 2,836,411 |
Currently, there are 76,268 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, 2,572 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 390,951.
During the period, 15,430 samples were tested in 118 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,836,411 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 14.59 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.71 percent.
The recovery rate in Bangladesh stands at 82.48 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
On Thursday, the country reported 35 deaths and 2,316 infections from coronavirus after testing 16,807 samples with a positivity rate of 13.78 percent.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
Meanwhile, the world is buckling under the coronavirus registering record 691,329 infections over the past 24 hours till 10am on Friday. In total, confirmed cases have reached 65,536,040 worldwide.
Besides, the virus took the lives of 12,569 people during the period to take the global death tally to 1,511,915, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 18,647,520 patients, 18,541,022 are in mild condition while 106,498 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 45,376,605 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 14,535,196 and 282,829 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,571,780 and third highest fatalities of 139,227 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 175,307 and third highest cases of 6,487,516.