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 Monday, 1,627 people recovered from Covid-19 to push the national recovery rate to 78.32 percent. In total, recoveries in the country have reached 305,599.
Besides, the positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 10.81 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.91 percent.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on October 18, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,637 | 390,206 |
| Death | 21 | 5,681 |
| Recovered | 1,627 | 305,599 |
| Test | 15,146 | 2,178,714 |
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.46 percent.
Meanwhile, the health authorities recorded 1,637 more infections from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours to bring the confirmed cases in the country to 390,206.
Besides, the virus took the lives of 21 more people during the period, taking the total fatalities linked to Covid-19 to 5,681.
Of the new deceased, 14 are men and seven are women. Among the total dead, 4,371 or 76.94 percent are men while 1,310 or 23.06 percent are women.
Currently, there are 78,926 active cases in the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
In the last 24 hours, 15,146 samples were tested in 110 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,178,714 samples have so far been tested in the country.
On Sunday, Bangladesh logged 14 deaths and 1,274 infections from coronavirus after testing 11,866 samples with a positivity rate of 10.74 percent.
Meanwhile, confirmed coronavirus cases across the world have crossed 4 crore to reach 40,280,249 as of Monday morning.
Besides, 1,118,321 people have so far died after testing positive for the virus globally, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 9,046,002 patients, 8,974,007 are in mild condition while 71,995 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 30,115,926 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 8,387,799 and 224,730 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 7,550,273 and third highest fatalities of 114,642 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 153,905 and third highest cases of 5,235,344.