14 more Covid-19 cases in 24hrs

A total of 14 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning.

A press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said this on Thursday.

With the latest figure, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 20,52,217.

No new deaths from the virus were reported in the last 24 hours, keeping the total fatalities in the country unchanged at 29,524. However, a total of 25people died of the Covid-19 till 7 July since January of the year.

A total of 281 samples were tested during the latest reporting period (between 8am Wednesday and 8am Thursday), resulting in a daily positivity rate of 4.98 percent.

The overall positivity rate stands at 13.04 per cent till now, while the fatality rate based on detected cases remains at 1.44 percent.