Total recoveries from Covid-19 in Bangladesh have surged past 4 lakh to reach 401,194 as of Tuesday with the recuperation of 2,571 more patients over the last 24 hours.
The recovery rate has also improved further to 83.24 percent in the country.
Meanwhile, reported cases from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, have jumped to 481,945 with the detection of 2,202 more cases in the previous 24 hours.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 02, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 2,202 | 481,945 |
| Death | 32 | 6,906 |
| Recovered | 2,571 | 401,194 |
| Test | 17,084 | 2,894,622 |
Besides, the highly contagious pathogen claimed the lives of 32 new Covid-19 patients to bring the national death tally to 6,906.
Of the new deceased, 25 are men and seven are women. Among the total dead, 5,280 or 76.45 percent are men while 1,626 or 23.55 percent are women.
Currently, there are 73,845 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, 17,084 samples were tested in 137 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,894,622 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 12.80 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.65 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
On Monday, the country reported 36 deaths and 2,198 infections from coronavirus after testing 14,369 samples with a positivity rate of 15.30 percent.
Meanwhile, the death toll from coronavirus has reached 1,550,263 around the world as of Tuesday morning.
Besides, the virus has so far sickened 67,938,976 people globally, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 19,366,445 patients, 19,260,315 are in mild condition while 106,130 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 47,022,268 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 15,369,046 and 290,443 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,703,908 and third highest fatalities of 140,994 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 177,388 and third highest cases of 6,628,065.