Five more people died from Covid in the country and 1,007 others tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning.

With the latest figures, the country's total fatalities reached 29,230 while the caseload to 1,995,440, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the deceased, four were men and another was woman. Four of them were from Dhaka division while one from Chattogram.

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The daily case positivity rate rose to 13.70 per cent from Friday’s 11.55 per cent as 7,351 samples were tested.

The mortality rate declined to 1.46 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 96.37 per cent from Friday's 96.32 per cent.

In June, the country reported 18 Covid-linked deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS.

Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.

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The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.