Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-04,

As the Covid infection rate continues to swell in Bangladesh, the country recorded 241 more deaths in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

According to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 13,817 more people came out positive with the virus during the period after the test of 49,514 samples.

The fresh numbers pushed the country’s death tally to 21,638 today with the caseload mounting to 1,309,910.

Meanwhile, the daily test positivity rate fell slightly  to 27.91 % from  Tuesday’s 28.58%, while the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 5% or below rate.

The recovery rate, however, rose to 87.12%, and the case fatality remained static at 1.65% compared to the same period, said the DGHS.

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