The recovery rate from the novel coronavirus rose further in Bangladesh with the recuperation of a good number of people every day.
In the last 24 hours till Friday, 1,596 people recovered from Covid-19 to push the national recovery rate to 77.13 percent. In total, recoveries in the country have reached 289,912.
Besides, the positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 11.35 percent in the last hours while the overall positivity rate is 18.33 percent.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 09, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,278 | 375,870 |
| Death | 17 | 5,477 |
| Recovered | 1,596 | 289,912 |
| Test | 11,256 | 2,050,669 |
Bangladesh has one of the lowest mortality rates — 1.46 percent.
Meanwhile, the health authorities recorded 1,278 more infections from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours to bring the confirmed cases in the country to 375,870.
Besides, the virus took the lives of 17 more people during the period, taking the total fatalities linked to Covid-19 to 5,477.
Of the new deceased, nine are men and eight are women. Among the total dead, 4,222 or 77.09 percent are men while 1,255 or 22.91 percent are women.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
During the period, 11,256 samples were tested in 109 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,050,669 samples have so far been tested in the country.
On Thursday, Bangladesh registered 20 deaths and 1,441 infections from coronavirus after testing 12,605 samples with a positivity rate of 11.43 percent.
Meanwhile, coronavirus continued to rage the world claiming huge lives and sickening thousands of people every day in different country.
As of Friday morning, the global death tally from Covid-19 has reached 1,066,856, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Besides, confirmed infections from the virus across the world have surged to 36,753,904.
Of the currently infected 8,019,496 patients, 7,951,538 are in mild condition while 67,958 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 27,667,552 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 7,833,763 and 217,738 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 6,906,151 and third highest fatalities of 106,521 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 149,034 and third highest cases of 5,029,539.