<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reported eight more Covid cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,037,738, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,445 as no new fatalities were reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The daily case test positivity rate rose to 0.67 percent from Thursday's 0.45 percent as 1,201 samples were tested.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The recovery rate increased to 98.09 percent. However, the death rate remained unchanged at 1.44 percent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>