Bangladesh has registered seven fatalities from COVID-19 in a day, taking the death toll to 27,854. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,569,162 after 305 people tested positive until 8:00 am Friday, according to the latest government data. Dhaka registered the most daily deaths and new cases among the eight divisions, logging 3 fatalities and 212 infections, reports bdnews24.com. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.69 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Source: bd News24 October 29, 2021 11:29 UTC