Bangladesh saw a rise both in the number of daily deaths and cases as the health officials recorded seven more casualties and 253 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8am Friday.

In a span of 24 hours, the country reported five deaths and 244 cases in the previous day.

Meanwhile, the current positivity rate stands at 1.40%, up from 1.25% a day ago, as the health officials tested 18,124 samples across the country.