Reported cases from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, have surged to 401,586 in Bangladesh with the registration of 1,493 more infections over the last till Wednesday.
Besides, the 23 people succumbed to the virus during the period to take the total deaths in the country to 5,861.
Of the new deceased, 19 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 4,513 or 77.01 percent are men while 1,348 or 22.99 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 28, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,493 | 403,079 |
| Death | 23 | 5,861 |
| Recovered | 1,610 | 319,733 |
| Test | 12,357 | 2,296,321 |
Currently, there are 77,485 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, 1,610 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 319,733.
During the period, 12,357 samples were tested in 111 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,296,321 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 12.08 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.55 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 79.32 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 20 deaths and 1,335 infections from coronavirus after testing 12,617 samples with a positivity rate of 10.58 percent.
Meanwhile, confirmed coronavirus cases across the world have reached 44,235,263 as of Wednesday morning.
Besides, the virus has so far taken the lives of 1,171,288 people around the world, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 10,620,603 patients, 10,540,716 are in mild condition while 79,887 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 32,443,372 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 9,038,030 and 232,084 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 7,988,853 and third highest fatalities of 120,054 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 157,981 and third highest cases of 5,440,903.