Bangladesh has recorded 28 fatalities and 1,847 new cases of the novel coronavirus in 24 hours, taking the tally of infections so far to 445,281.
The death toll climbed to 6,350, the government said in a statement.
The number of fresh recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period as another 1,921 patients recovered from the disease at home and in hospital care, bringing the total to 360,352.
As many as 12,643 samples were tested at 117 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 14.61 percent, according to data released by the health directorate.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 80.93 per cent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.43 per cent.
Globally, over 57.60 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.37 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.
