Staff Correspondent: Dhak, July-11,

The Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh is getting more fatal with every passing day, as the country saw the highest-ever 230 deaths and 11,856 new cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.

With the new numbers, Bangladesh’s death tally hit 16,419 while the caseload 1,021,189, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

However, the country’s daily case positivity rate fell to 29.67% from Saturday’s 31.46%, as 40,015 samples were tested during the period.

The fatality rate today rose to 1.61% from Saturday’s 1.60%, said the DGHS.

So far, 874,501 people have recovered from the disease taking the country’s recovery rate to 85.64%, which is on the decline compared to other indicators.

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