Staff Correspondent: Dhaka 12- July,
An appalling record number of 13,768 Covid cases was reported in Bangladesh while 220 people lost the battle to the deadly virus in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The new numbers took the country’s caseload to 1,034,957 while the death tally to 16,639, according to a handout provided by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Just a day before, the country saw a record-high 11,856 cases on Sunday.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 44,067 samples which takes the country’s daily case positivity rate to 31.24% from Sunday’s 29.67%, said the DGHS.
The fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.61% during the period.
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