Bangladesh logged 11 more Covid-linked deaths with 1,406 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning as the positivity rate kept declining.

The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 5.48 per cent from Thursday’s 5.53 per cent after testing 25,702 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

On Thursday, Bangladesh reported 10  Covid-linked deaths with 1,516 fresh cases.

The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,016 while the caseload to 19,41,057.

Among the new deceased, five were men and six were women.

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Four deaths were reported from Chattogram division while two from Barishal and Sylhet, and one each from Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi divisions.

Meanwhile, the mortality rate slightly declined to 1.49 per cent.

However, the recovery kept increasing to 92.38 per cent with the recovery of 6,936 more patients during the 24-hour period.

On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.

On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.

The country reported first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.

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Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.