Bangladesh has recorded 1,970 new cases of coronavirus infection and 30 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am on Monday.
With the latest figures, the COVID-19 caseload has surged to 812,960 and the total number of deaths reached 12,869, according to the latest government data, reports bdnews24.com.
The recovery count rose to 753,240 after 1,918 patients overcame the illness through treatment at home and hospital care during that time.
As many as 17,169 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 11.47 per cent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 92.65 per cent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.58 per cent.
Globally, over 173.31 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 3.72 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.
