The number of confirmed infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, has reached 420,238 in Bangladesh after a further 1,474 cases were reported in the last 24 hours till Sunday.
Besides, 18 virus-related casualties were registered during the period to push the national tally to 6,067.
Of the new deceased, 14 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 4,671 or 76.99 percent are men while 1,396 or 23.01 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on November 08, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,474 | 420,238 |
| Death | 18 | 6,067 |
| Recovered | 1,577 | 338,145 |
| Test | 12,760 | 2,44,2602 |
Currently, there are 76,026 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, 1,577 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 338,145.
During the period, 12,760 samples were tested in 114 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,442,602 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 11.55 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.20 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 80.47 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.44 percent.
On Saturday, the country logged 13 deaths and 1,289 infections from coronavirus after testing 11,419 samples with a positivity rate of 11.29 percent.
Meanwhile, the world registered 595,484 fresh infections from coronavirus in the last 24 hours till 10am on Sunday to bring the total to 50,263,181.
Besides, the deaths linked to the virus have surged to 1,256,352, including 7,573 reported during the period, around the world, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 13,458,826 patients, 13,367,012 are in mild condition while 91,814 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 35,548,003 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 10,182,818 and 243,257 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,507,203 and third highest fatalities of 126,162 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 162,286 and third highest cases of 5,653,561.