Bangladesh has registered 1,987 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in a day since Jan 9, taking the total caseload to 1,933,291.
As many as 25,405 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 7.82 per cent.
The country also recorded 21 deaths from the coronavirus in a day, taking the total toll from the disease to 28,965, according to the latest government data released on Sunday.
Among the eight divisions, Dhaka recorded the highest number of cases and deaths with 1,365 infections and 12 fatalities, reports bdnews24.com.
Another 9,252 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,754,584.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 90.76 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.50 per cent.
Globally, over 423.27 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.88 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.