Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death with 410 fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning.

The country's total fatalities rose to 29,375 with the new death. The new cases raised the country's total caseload to 2,028,524, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate declined to 10.76 per cent from Wednesday’s 13.86 per cent as 3,800 samples were tested.

The latest deceased was a man from Dhaka division.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and recovery rate rose slightly to 97. 01 per cent.

In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.

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