Bangladesh has recorded 64 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,935.
But no new fatalities were registered in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the disease unchanged at 29,131, according to the latest government data released on Friday.
As many as 4,755 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.35 per cent.
Among the eight divisions, Dhaka recorded the highest number of cases, with 57 infections.
Another 145 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,904,065.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.50 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.49 per cent.
Globally, over 534.21 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 6.30 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.