<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reported another Covid-19-linked death and 243 fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The country's total fatalities rose to 29,411 with the new deaths and the new cases raised the total caseload to 2,033,662, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 5.82 per cent from Wednesday’s 7.18 per cent as 4,174 samples were tested during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest deceased was a woman from Sylhet division.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent and the recovery rate rose to 97.18 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>