Desk Report
Published: 25 Nov 2021, 05:42 pm
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Covid-19 has caused a surge in
daily deaths in Bangladesh, with nine additional people dying from the virus in
the last 24 hours, as of 8 am Thursday.
The single-day death toll has been below seven for the past week, with three people dying on Wednesday.
Besides, 237 more people tested positive for the virus during the past 24 hours as the health officials tested 18,888 samples across the country.
The current positivity rate stands at 1.25% and the death rate remains stuck at 1.78% throughout this month.
With the newest updates, the death toll in the country has risen to 27,970, while the number of cases has risen to 15,75,185.