Bangladesh has registered 657 new Covid-19 cases in a day, the lowest since Jan 2, taking the total caseload to 1,945,765.
Another five deaths from the coronavirus were recorded in a 24-hour count, with the toll from the disease rising to 29,058, according to the latest government data released on Thursday.
As many as 22,584 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 2.91 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.
Among the eight divisions, Dhaka recorded the highest number of cases, with 448 infections. Dhaka also registered all five fatalities.
Another 4,628 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,831,577.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 94.13 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.49 per cent.
Globally, over 440.35 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.97 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.
