Bangladesh has logged 3,554 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily count since Jul 16, taking the tally of infections to 577,241.
The death toll climbed to 8,738 after 18 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours till 8:00 am Tuesday, according to data released by the government, reports bdnews24.com.
Another 1,835 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 525,994.
As many as 25,954 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 13.69 per cent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 91.12 per cent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.51 per cent.
Globally, over 123.71 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 2.72 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.
