Bangladesh has recorded four deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll from the disease to 29,089.
The government also registered 436 new cases of coronavirus in a 24-hour count, with the caseload rising to 1,947,702, according to the latest government data released on Monday.
As many as 20,009 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 2.18 per cent.
Among the eight divisions, Dhaka recorded the highest number of cases and deaths, with 332 infections and three fatalities, reports bdnews24.com.
Another 3,546 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,846,884.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 94.82 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.49 per cent.
Globally, over 446.36 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 6 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.
