<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reported five Covid-linked deaths with 491 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The country's total fatalities rose to 29,380 with the new deaths. The new cases raised the country's total caseload to 2,029,015, 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 declined to 10 per cent from Thursday’s 10.76 per cent as 4,912 samples were tested.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the latest deceased, four were women and another man from Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and recovery rate rose slightly to 97. 03 per cent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 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 highest 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>