Bangladesh, Nov. 28 -- 19 cases continues to rise in Bangladesh as health authorities detected 1,908 new cases across the country in 24 hours until Saturday, taking the total to 460,619 .

Besides, 36 more patients lost lives to Covid-19 in the period, raising the death toll to 6,580.

The death rate stood at 1.43 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.

So far, 357,885 patients - 80.60 percent -- including 2,209 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.

Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8. The infection number reached the 300,000-mark on August 26. The first death was reported on March 18 and the death toll exceeded 6,000 on November 4.

Until now, 2,743,592 tests have been carried out, including 14,012 ...