Total infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, has reached 409,252 in Bangladesh after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,568 more cases over the previous 24 hours till Sunday.
Besides, the pathogen claimed the lives of 18 more people during the period to bring the death toll in the country to 5,941.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 31, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,568 | 409,252 |
| Death | 18 | 5,941 |
| Recovered | 1,795 | 325,940 |
| Test | 12,549 | 2,348,811 |
Of the new deceased, 15 are men and three are women. Among the total dead, 4,568 or 76.88 percent are men while 1,373 or 23.12 percent are women.
Currently, there are 77,371 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, 1,795 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hoursI to take the total recoveries in the country to 325,940.
During the period, 12,549 samples were tested in 113 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,348,811 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 12.50 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.42 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 79.64 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.45 percent.
On Saturday, Bangladesh recorded 18 deaths and 1,320 infections from coronavirus after testing 11,532 samples with a positivity rate of 11.45 percent.
Meanwhile, the death toll from coronavirus has surged past 12 lakh to reach 1,200,210 globally as of Sunday morning.
Besides, the world has now 46,374,757 confirmed infections from the virus, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 11,690,533 patients, 11,606,333 are in mild condition while 84,200 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 33,484,014 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 9,402,590 and 236,072 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,182,881 and third highest fatalities of 122,149 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 159,902 and third highest cases of 5,535,605.