Confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh have reached 475,879 with the detection of 1,888 more infections over the previous 24 hours till Saturday.
Besides, the virus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, claimed the lives of 35 more people, raising the national death toll to 6,807.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on December 05, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,888 | 475,789 |
| Death | 35 | 6,807 |
| Recovered | 2,457 | 393,408 |
| Test | 13,540 | 2,849,951 |
Of the new deceased, 23 are men and 12 are women. Among the total dead, 5,207 or 76.49 percent are men while 1,600 or 23.51 percent are women.
Currently, there are 75,664 active cases in the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
As per the press release, 2,457 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 393,408.
During the period, 13,540 samples were tested in 118 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,849,951 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 13.94 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 16.70 percent.
The recovery rate in Bangladesh has risen to 82.67 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
On Friday, the country recorded 24 deaths and 2,252 infections from coronavirus after testing 15,430 samples with a positivity rate of 14.59 percent.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
Meanwhile, a total of 694,872 infections from coronavirus were recorded across the world over the past 24 hours till 10am on Saturday, taking the total to 66,230,912.
Besides, 12,542 people lost their lives due to the virus during the period to bring the global death tally to 1,524,457, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 18,894,049 patients, 18,541,022 are in mild condition while 106,136 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 45,812,406 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 14,772,535 and 285,550 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 9,608,418 and third highest fatalities of 139,736 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 175,981 and third highest cases of 6,534,951.