Bangladesh has recorded 1,865 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count since Dec 15, taking the tally of infections to 562,752.
The death toll climbed to 8,608 after 11 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8:00am Wednesday, according to data released by the government, reports bdnews24.com.
Another 1,510 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 515,989.
As many as 24,275 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 7.68 per cent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 91.69 per cent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.53 per cent.
Globally, over 120.73 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 2.67 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.
