Bangladesh has confirmed 13 new deaths from the Covid-19 in a day, raising the toll to 6,049.
Virus cases surged by 1,289 in the 24 hours to 8:00am Saturday to 418,764, according to data released by the Directorate General of Health Services.
Another 1,541 patients recovered from the disease at home and in hospital care, bringing the total to 336,568.
Globally, over 49.34 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.24 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, reports bdnews24.com.
