17 new Covid cases reported in 24 hours

Bangladesh recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total caseload to 2,050,028, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). No new deaths were reported, keeping the official death toll at 29,494. The daily case test positivity rate was 3.35% after testing 508 samples. The recovery rate remained unchanged at 98.41%, and the death rate stood at 1.44%