Dhaka: Bangladesh logged seven more deaths from Covid-19 and 305 new cases in the last 24 hours till 8am Friday.
The current positivity rate stands at 1.78% as the health officials tested 17,811 samples across the country.
Bangladesh reported six casualties and 294 infections on Thursday.
With the latest additions, the death toll reached 27,854 and the case tally climbed to 15,69,162 in the country.
Also, 271 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, with a 97.69% recovery rate.
The country's maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March.
