<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 278 cases in 24 hours till 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 fatalities rose to 29,331 and caseload to 2,014,355, according to the&nbsp; (DGHS) Directorate General of Health Services.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The daily case test positivity rate rose to 8.34 percent from Thursday's 7.40 percent as 3,334 samples were tested.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The deceased was a man from Dhaka division.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent while the recovery rate at 97.22 percent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In August, the country reported 32 Covid-linked deaths and 6,689 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 daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd 24/kh</div>