Bangladesh on Sunday included 1,837 fresh infections from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which is responsible for Covid-19, over the last 24 hours to put the total to 432,333.
Besides, the death toll in the country has reached 6,194 after 21 more people succumbed to the highly contagious virus during the period.
Of the new deceased, 17 are men and four are women. Among the total dead, 4,768 or 76.98 percent are men while 1,426 or 23.02 percent are women.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
(Update on November 15, 2020)
| Status | New | Total |
| Cases | 1,837 | 432,333 |
| Death | 21 | 6,194 |
| Recovered | 1,693 | 349,542 |
| Test | 14,060 | 2,541,194 |
Currently, there are 76,474 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, 1,693 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hours to take the total recoveries in the country to 349,542.
During the period, 14,060 samples were tested in 116 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,541,194 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 13.03 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.01 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 80.85 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.43 percent.
On Saturday, the country added 14 deaths and 1,531 infections from coronavirus after testing 11,795 samples with a positivity rate of 12.98 percent.
Meanwhile, coronavirus infected 581,565 people cases across the world in the last 24 hours till 10am on Sunday.
In total, virus cases surged to 54,328,268 globally, according to data collated by tracking website Worldometer.
Besides, virus-related deaths have reached 1,318,276 including 8,868 reported during the period, around the world.
Of the currently infected 15,141,219 patients, 15,043,065 are in mild condition while 98,154 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 37,868,773 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 11,226,038 and 251,256 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,814,902 and third highest fatalities of 129,674 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 165,673 and third highest cases of 5,848,959.