The number of deaths linked to coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, has surged past 6,000 to reach 6,004 in Bangladesh after the health authorities reported 21 more fatalities over the previous 24 hours till Wednesday.
Besides, 1,517 more virus cases were recorded during the period to take the reported infections in the country to 414,164.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on November 04, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,517 | 414,164 |
| Death | 21 | 6,004 |
| Recovered | 1,910 | 331,697 |
| Test | 13,914 | 2,389,677 |
Of the new deceased, 17 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 4,621 or 76.97 percent are men while 1,383 or 23.03 percent are women.
Currently, there are 76,463 active cases in the country.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
As per the press release, 1,910 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 331,697.
During the period, 13,914 samples were tested in 113 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,389,677 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 10.90 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.33 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 80.09 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.45 percent.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh reported 17 deaths and 1,659 infections from coronavirus after testing 14,061 samples with a positivity rate of 11.80 percent.
Meanwhile, coronavirus continued to rage the world as 527,396 cases were registered in different in the last 24 hours till 10am on Wednesday.
In total, confirmed infections from the virus across the world have reached 47,847,772.
Besides, the death toll from the virus has reached 1,220,260 globally, 8960 according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 12,271,555 patients, 12,183,410 are in mild condition while 88,145 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 34,355,957 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 9,692,528 and 238,641 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,313,876 and third highest fatalities of 123,650 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 160,548 and third highest cases of 5,567,126.