<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh recorded another death from Covid-19 with 1,319 new cases reported in 24 hours till Thursday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Wednesday the country recorded one death and 1,135 cases from Covid-19.</div><div><br></div><div>The country recorded over 1000 Covid cases (1409 cases) with 11 deaths last on February 25.</div><div><br></div><div>The daily-case positivity rate jumped to 14.32 per cent from Wednesday’s 13.30 per cent as 9,214 samples were tested during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The country’s total caseload rose to 1,960,528 while the total fatalities reached 29,135 with the new numbers, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was a woman, aged 61-70, hailing from Dhaka division.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained static at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rates declined to 97.29 per cent from Monday’s 97.34 per cent as 122 patients recovered during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>In May, the country reported only four Covid-linked deaths and 816 new cases, while 7,356 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the four deaths during the period, one was vaccinated with single dose of Covid vaccine while three were vaccinated with two doses.</div><div><br></div><div>The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>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 - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>