BD reports 50 more deaths and 1,742 new cases

Bangladesh has registered 50 more deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday which is the lowest in 32 days. 

On 2 April, the country had seen 50 deaths from the lethal disease. 

Additionally, 1,742 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours till 8 am.

With new figures, the total death count from the coronavirus infections reached 11,755, with a fatality rate of 1.53%.

According to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the total case count in the country now stands at 767,338.

Meanwhile, the positivity rate further dropped to 8.59% during the period after detecting the lowest in 48 days just a day before. On 17 March, the rate was recorded at 7.68% in a time span of 24 hours.

In the meantime, 20,284 samples were tested in 427 labs across the country in the last 24 hours.