Bangladesh reported 61 new deaths and 1,743 new cases from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till Saturday 8am.
Following two deadly months, the country has been maintaining a single-day death toll below 100 since 28 August.
The positivity rate dropped to 9.82% while it was recorded at 10.76% on the previous day, a DGHS release confirmed on Saturday afternoon.
With the latest additions, 26,493 people have so far died of the virus and 15,12,026 were infected to date.
The death rate remained unchanged at 1.75%.
