Bangladesh has reported 4,334 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the tally of infections to 883,138.
The death toll surged by 77 in the same period to 14,053, according to the latest government released on Saturday.
A division-wide breakdown found Dhaka recorded the highest daily COVID tally of 1,921 cases, followed by Khulna, a recent hotspot, with 848 and Chattogram with 654.
Chattogram saw 20 deaths, the most among the eight divisions, in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday. Khulna counted 19 deaths and Dhaka 17 in the same period.
Nationwide, another 3,295 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 800,854.
As many as 19,262 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 22.50 per cent, as per a bdnews24.com report.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 90.68 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.59 per cent.
Globally, over 180.41 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 3.90 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.
