The death toll climbed to 7,734 after 16 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Friday, according to data released by the government. As many as 13,681 samples were tested at 181 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 5.74 percent. The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 89.36 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.49 percent. Globally, over 88.07 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.89 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.

Source: bd News24 January 08, 2021 09:55 UTC