File photo of People consult a doctor before swab testing at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 23, 2020 Reuters

5 more die, 410 new cases in 24 hours

The daily Covid-19 test positivity rate in Bangladesh has remained below 3% for the second consecutive after going over the mark for three days.

A total of 410 new infections were reported from 15,560 samples tested in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, resulting in a daily test positivity rate of 2.63%.

The daily test positivity rate in the country has been in single digits since December 19.

With the latest infections, the number of all confirmed cases jumped to 544,954, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), released on Thursday afternoon.

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A total of 15,883 samples were collected from suspected Covid-19 patients in the last 24 hours for testing at 214 authorized labs across the country.

The overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.61% from 4,003,236 tests that have been conducted so far.

The country registered five more deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,384.

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