Dhaka, Jan 24 (UNI) Bangladesh recorded 473 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 5,31,799.
The death toll climbed to 8,023 after 20 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Sunday, according to data released by the government.
The number of new recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period with another 487 patients recovering from the illness through treatment at home and in hospital care. It brings the tally of recoveries to 4,76,413.
As many as 14,169 samples were tested at 200 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 3.34 per cent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 89.59 per cent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.51 per cent.
Globally, over 98.78 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 2.12 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
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