Bangladesh has recorded 1,066 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 555,222.
The death toll climbed to 8,515 after 13 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Friday, according to data released by the government, reports bdnews24.com.
Another 1,252 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 509,172.
As many as 16,111 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 6.62 per cent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 91.71 per cent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.53 per cent.
Globally, over 118.61 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 2.63 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.