Active coronavirus cases are gradually falling in Bangladesh as more people are recovering from Covid-19 every day than new infections over last few days.
Over the last 24 hours till Sunday, 3,393 people recovered from Covid-19 against 1,355 new coronavirus cases registered.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 13, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,355 | 490,533 |
| Death | 32 | 7,052 |
| Recovered | 3,393 | 420,896 |
| Test | 12,748 | 2,969,630 |
Currently, there are 62,585 active cases in the country while total recoveries have reached 420,896.
Meanwhile, total infections from the virus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 responsible for Covid-19, have reached 490,533 with the detection of the fresh cases.
Besides, virus-related casualties reached 7,052 in the country with the deaths of 32 more Covid-19 patients during the period.
Of the new deceased, 24 are men and eight are women. Among the total dead, 5,386 or 76.38 percent are men while 1,666 or 23.62 percent are women.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
The recovery rate from the coronavirus improved further reaching 85.80 percent.
Besides, the positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 10.63 percent in the last hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.52 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.44 percent.
During the period, 12,748 samples were tested in 140 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,969,630 samples have so far been tested in the country.
On Saturday, the country registered 34 deaths and 1,329 infections from coronavirus after testing 12,630 samples with a positivity rate of 10.52 percent.
Meanwhile, global recoveries from coronavirus have jumped past 5 crore to reach 50,490,371 as of 10am on Sunday.
Besides, the death tally from the virus has climbed to 1,611,500 around the world, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
The virus has so far sickened 72,104,022 people globally.
Of the currently infected 20,002,151 patients, 19,895,327 are in mild condition while 106,824 are in serious or critical condition.
The US is the worst-hit country with highest cases and deaths in the world at 16,549,366 and 305,082 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,857,380 and third highest fatalities of 143,055 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 181,143 and third highest cases of 6,880,595.