Bangladesh has recorded 1,899 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 566,838.
The death toll climbed to 8,642 after 18 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8:00 am Friday, according to data released by the government, reports bdnews24.com.
Another 1,618 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 519,141.
As many as 18,917 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 10.04 per cent.
Globally, over 121.84 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 2.69 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.