Bangladesh on Tuesday registered 1,335 more infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, to take the confirmed cases to 401,586.
Besides, the death toll from the virus in the country has reached 5,838 after the highly contagious virus took the lives of 20 people during the period.
Of the new deceased, 14 are men and six are women. Among the total dead, 4,494 or 76.98 percent are men while 1,344 or 23.02 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 27, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,335 | 401,586 |
| Death | 20 | 5,838 |
| Recovered | 1,523 | 318,123 |
| Test | 12,617 | 2,283,964 |
Currently, there are 77,625 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, 1,523 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 318,123.
During the period, 12,617 samples were tested in 111 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,283,964 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 10.58 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.58 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 79.22 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.45 percent.
On Monday, Bangladesh recorded 15 deaths and 1,436 infections from coronavirus after testing 13,758 samples with a positivity rate of 10.44 percent.
Meanwhile, the world has registered 430,643 coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours till 10am on Tuesday to bring to total infections worldwide to 43,776,587.
Besides, the virus has so far claimed the lives of 1,164,515 people, including 5,422 during the period, around the world, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 10,432,324 patients, 10,353,273 are in mild condition while 79,051 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 32,179,748 people have made recovery from the disease in different countries. Of them, 274,857 recuperated in the last 24 hours.
The US is the worst-hit country with highest cases and deaths in the world at 8,962,783 and 231,045 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 7,945,888 and third highest fatalities of 119,535 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 157,451 and third highest cases of 5,411,550.