<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 15 cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,434 and caseload to 2,036,612, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The daily case test positivity rate rose to 0.79 percent from Thursday's 0.45 percent as 1,894 samples were tested.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and the recovery rate at 97.51 percent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In November, the country reported 10 Covid-linked deaths and 1,345 cases.</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 its 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>