<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death and&nbsp; 140 more cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With this, the total fatalities in the country rose to 29,425 while the caseload rose to 2,035,657, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 3.10 per cent from Wednesday’s 4.81 per cent as 4,511 samples were tested during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent and the recovery rate rose to 97.35 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>