<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh recorded seven more Covid-linked deaths with 1,072 cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the latest figures, the country's total fatalities reached 29,241 while the caseload was 1,997,412, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Of the deceased, four were men and three were women. The deceased were from Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Sylhet divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case positivity rate declined to 9.77% from Sunday's 11.12% as 10,974 samples were tested.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46%. The recovery rate rose to 96.47% from Sunday's 96.42%.</div><div><br></div><div>In June, the country reported 18 Covid-linked deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>