22 more Covid-19 cases reported in 24 hours

Bangladesh reported 22 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Saturday morning.

With the new numbers, the country‍‍`s total caseload rose to 2,044,735 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity dropped to 2.54 percent from Friday’s 3.52 percent as 867 samples were tested, it said.

However, the recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.38 percent and 1.44 per cent, respectively.

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.