<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh recorded another Covid-linked deaths with 239 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the latest numbers, the total fatalities reached 29,308 while the caseload 2,007,870, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case positivity rate slightly dropped to 4.34 per cent from Monday's 4.99 percent as 5,504 samples were tested.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest deceased was a man from Dhaka division.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate rose to 97.08 per cent from Tuesday's 97.06 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In July, Bangladesh reported 142 Covid-linked deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest death toll and cases in the last five months since March this year, as per DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the deceased, 57 were unvaccinated while seven received the first dose, 52 the second dose and 26 the third dose, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, 34,901 patients recovered from the disease during this period.</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>