Five more die from Covid

Bangladesh reported five Covid-linked deaths with 491 fresh cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

The country's total fatalities rose to 29,380 with the new deaths.

The new cases raised the country's total caseload to 2,029,015, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate declined to 10 percent from Thursday's 10.76 percent as 4,912 samples were tested.

Among the latest deceased, four were women and another was man from Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and recovery rate rose slightly to 97. 03 percent.