Bangladesh recorded 2,159 more infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, over the previous 24 hours till Wednesday to bring the total caseload to 484,104.
Besides, casualties linked to the highly contagious pathogen have jumped to 6,930 after it cost the lives of 24 more people during the period.
Of the new deceased, 18 are men and six are women. Among the total dead, 5,298 or 76.45 percent are men while 1,632 or 23.55 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 02, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 2,159 | 484,104 |
| Death | 24 | 6,930 |
| Recovered | 4,772 | 405,966 |
| Test | 17,042 | 2,911,664 |
Currently, there are 71,208 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, 4,772 more patients recovered over the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 405,966.
The recovery rate has also improved further to 83.86 percent.
During the period, 17,042 samples were tested in 140 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,911,664 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 12.67 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.63 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 32 deaths and 2,201 infections from coronavirus after testing 17,084 samples with a positivity rate of 12.60 percent.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus continued to ravage the world affecting 626,562 people in the past 24 hours till 10am on Wednesday. In total, the confirmed cases have reached 68,565,538 globally.
Besides, the death toll from virus has jumped to 1,563,009 around the world, including 12,746 registered during the period, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 19,541,529 patients, 19,435,076 are in mild condition while 106,453 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 47,461,000 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 15,591,709 and 293,398 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,735,975 and third highest fatalities of 141,398 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 178,184 and third highest cases of 6,675,915.