Total recoveries from Covid-19 in Bangladesh are nearing 4 lakh reaching 395,960 as of Sunday with the recuperation of 2,552 more patients over the last 24 hours.
The recovery rate has also improved further to 82.92 percent in the country.
Meanwhile, reported coronavirus cases in the country have jumped to 477,545 after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,666 more infections over the previous 24 hours.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 02, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,666 | 477,545 |
| Death | 31 | 6,838 |
| Recovered | 2,552 | 395,960 |
| Test | 13,218 | 2,863,169 |
Besides, the virus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, took the lives of 31 more people, pushing the national death toll to 6,838.
Of the new deceased, 24 are men and seven are women. Among the total dead, 5,231 or 76.50 percent are men while 1,607 or 23.50 percent are women.
Currently, there are 74,747 active cases in the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
During the period, 13,218 samples were tested in 137 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,863,169 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 12.60 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.68 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 recorded 35 deaths and 1,888 infections from coronavirus after testing 13,540 samples with a positivity rate of 13.94 percent.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
Meanwhile, the world has registered a total of 624,870 infections from coronavirus over the past 24 hours till 10am on Sunday, bringing the total to 66,855,782.
Besides, 10,096 people were killed by the virus during the period, raising the global death toll to 1,534,553, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 19,079,975 patients, 18,541,022 are in mild condition while 105,982 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 46,241,254 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 14,983,425 and 287,825 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,644,529 and third highest fatalities of 140,216 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 176,641 and third highest cases of 6,577,177.