Bangladesh logs 5 COVID-19 deaths, 614 fresh cases in 24hrs

Bangladesh has recorded five deaths from COVID-19 over the 24-hour period, taking the total toll to 29,345.

Meanwhile, 614 fresh cases of COVID-19 has been recorded in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,018,829.

According to the latest government data released on Tuesday, as many as 4,825 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 12.73 per cent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 494 infections.

Another 283 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,961,260.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.15 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 612.41 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.52 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.