Covid kills 30 more, infects another 9,052

In the last 24 hours till Friday morning, the country recorded 9,052 cases of Covid-19 cases and 30 deaths.

The updates took the overall tally of infections and fatalities to 1,844,828 and 28,524 respectively.

The new cases were confirmed after as many as 39,726 samples were tested across the country, leading to the positivity rate of 22.95 percent, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

Dhaka counted the highest number of cases and deaths with 4,720 infections and 17 fatalities among the eight divisions. Chattogram logged 1,520 cases and five deaths.

Another 6,282 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,587,374.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 86.04 percent and the mortality rate at 1.55 percent.

Globally, over 388.37 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.71 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.