Dhaka: Bangladesh reported 27 more deaths and 5,268 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am Friday.
The positivity rate in the past 24 hours stood at 15.46%, a DGHS release confirmed this afternoon.
With the new additions, the death toll reached to 28,771 while the caseload hit 1,899,803 since its outbreak in Bangladesh.
On Thursday, Bangladesh logged 42 deaths and 7,264 fresh cases with 16.95% positivity rate.
With the latest additions, the mortality rate declined to 1.51 per cent.
However, the recovery rate slightly increased to 87.17 per cent with the recovery of 11,353 more patients during the 24-hour period.
