<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh reported 16 more Covid 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 caseload rose to 2,036,897, 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 29,437 as no new fatalities were reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The daily case test positivity dropped to 0.67 percent from Thursday’s 0.44 percent percent as 2,531 samples were tested during the period.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The mortality and recovery rates remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and 97.53 percent, respectively.</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 daily 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>