The recovery rate from the coronavirus improved further in Bangladesh with the recuperation of a good number of people every day.
In the last 24 hours till Thursday, 4,486 people recovered from Covid-19 to push the national recovery rate to 84.46 percent. In total, recoveries in the country have reached 410,452.
Besides, the positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 11.44 percent in the last hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.60 percent.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 02, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,861 | 485,965 |
| Death | 37 | 6,967 |
| Recovered | 4,486 | 410,452 |
| Test | 16,265 | 2,927,929 |
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
Meanwhile, the country registered 1,861 more infections from the virus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, over the previous 24 hours, raising the total cases to 485,965.
Besides, virus-related deaths have reached 6,967 after the deaths of 37 more Covid patients during the period.
Of the new deceased, 28 are men and nine are women. Among the total dead, 5,326 or 76.45 percent are men while 1,641 or 23.55 percent are women.
Currently, there are 68,546 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, 16,265 samples were tested in 140 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,927,929 samples have so far been tested in the country.
On Wednesday, the country reported 24 deaths and 2,159 infections from coronavirus after testing 17,042 samples with a positivity rate of 12.67 percent.
Meanwhile, the world recorded 662,856 fresh coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours till 10am on Thursday to take the confirmed cases to 69,228,394 globally.
Besides, the death tally from virus has surged to 1,575,621 around the world, including 12,612 registered during the period, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 19,669,286 patients, 19,562,473 are in mild condition while 106,813 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 47,983,487 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 15,820,042 and 296,698 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,762,326 and third highest fatalities of 141,735 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 179,032 and third highest cases of 6,730,118.