Bangladesh reports 33 new Covid cases in a day

Bangladesh has registered 33 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the tally of infections to 2,036,449.

The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,431 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Wednesday.

As many as 3,790 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.87 percent.

Dhaka with 24 infections logged the highest number of cases among the eight divisions.

Another 65 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,985,153.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.48 percent and the mortality rate at 1.45 percent.

Globally, over 639.15 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.62 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.