<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><span style="font-weight: bolder;">Bangladesh reported four more Covid-19-linked deaths and 346 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The country's total fatalities rose to 29,393 with the new deaths. The new cases raised the country's total caseload to 2,031,797, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 7.15 per cent from Thursday’s 8.92 per as 4,840 samples were tested.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest deceased were three women and a man. Of them, two were from Dhaka division one was from Sylhet, and another from Mymensingh.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and the recovery rate rose to 97.11 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/kh</div>