Bangladesh has recorded 214 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,011,946.
The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,323 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Wednesday.
As many as 4,115 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 4.74 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.
Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 180 infections.
Another 282 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,956,483.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.24 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.46 per cent.
Globally, over 601.55 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.48 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.