Bangladesh on Saturday reported 1,289 fresh infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, over the last 24 hours. This brings the country’s cases to 418,764.
Besides, deaths linked to the pathogen have climbed to 6,049 after the health authorities announced 13 new virus fatalities during the period.
Of the new deceased, 11 are men and two are women. Among the total dead, 4,657 or 76.99 percent are men while 1,392 or 23.01 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on November 07, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,289 | 418,764 |
| Death | 13 | 6,049 |
| Recovered | 1,541 | 336,568 |
| Test | 11,419 | 2,429,842 |
Currently, there are 76,147 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, 1,541 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 336,568.
During the period, 11,419 samples were tested in 114 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,429,842 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 11.29 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.23 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 80.37 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.44 percent.
On Friday, the country registered 15 deaths and 1,469 infections from coronavirus after testing 13,521 samples with a positivity rate of 10.86 percent.
Meanwhile, coronavirus cases continued to spike around the world with record 637,383 fresh infections recorded in different countries in the last 24 hours till 10am on Saturday.
In total, confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe have surged to 49,667,697, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Besides, the global death toll from the virus has reached 1,248,779, including 9,172 reported during the period.
With this, over 6 lakh cases were registered in a single day around the world for the second day in a row.
On Friday, 608,301 cases were logged in the world.
Of the currently infected 13,164,194 patients, 13,073,295 are in mild condition while 90,899 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 35,254,724 people, including 272668 during the last 24 hours, 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 10,058,586 and 242,230 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,462,080 and third highest fatalities of 125,605 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 162,035 and third highest cases of 5,632,505.