<span style="background-color: transparent;">The COVID-19 death toll crossed 4,000 in Bangladesh with 45 deaths reported on Tuesday in the last 24 hours since Monday afternoon. According to the latest COVID-19 bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Tuesday, the country reported 2,545 new cases of Corona infections raising the total to 2.99 lakh. The death toll in the country now stands at 4,028.<br />''<br />''However, in a positive development, for the second consecutive day, the number of recovered people far exceeded the number of fresh cases. In the last 24 hours, 3,881 people recovered while only 2,545 fresh Corona positive cases were detected. This has brought down the number of active cases in the country from 1.10 lakh to 1.08 lakh in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate has also gone up to 62.33 per cent, as per the data released by DGHS.<br />''<br />''In the meanwhile, Health Minister Zahid Maleque announced that the government will allow some private hospitals also to conduct 'antigen' tests for COVID-19. Currently antigen test is allowed only in government hospitals and labs.<br />''</span><br />''<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The government has also reduced the COVID-19 testing fee at the state run hospitals by 50 per cent from Tk 200 to Tk 100. For the home collection of  samples  the rate has been reduced from Tk 500 to Tk 300.</span>