Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 24 Oct 2020, 07:00 am Print
COVID19 Dhaka/Xinhua: Bangladesh reported 1,094 new COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths on Saturday, bringing the total cases in the country to 397,507 and the total deaths to 5,780, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
The official data showed the total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 313,563, including 1,498 new recoveries on Saturday.
According to the official data, 10,998 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.
The COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is now 1.45 percent and the current recovery rate is 78.88 percent, said the DGHS.
Bangladesh recorded the highest daily new cases of 4,019 on July 2 and the highest number of deaths of 64 on June 30.
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