The number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Bangladesh surged to 119,198 on Tuesday as the country registered 3,412 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 43 more people died from COVID-19 during the period. Among the fatalities, 38 were male and five were female, the health directorate said.
With the latest, the death toll from the lethal disease now stands at 1,545.
Nasima Sultana, additional director general (admin) at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), disclosed the information while briefing the media live on the daily Covid-19 bulletin at 2:30pm.
The fresh coronavirus infections were found after testing a total of 16,292 samples in 65 labs across the country, she said.
Besides, the recovery count also jumped to 47,635 after 880 patients were recovered during the period under review.
The densely populated nation of around 170 million first confirmed its coronavirus cases and deaths in March and since March 26 enforced a 66-day shutdown in parallel with its general holidays in a bid to slow the coronavirus spread.
As the number of cases continued to increase even during those days of shutdown, the target of slowing the spread, much less of flattening the curve, remained unachieved.
Now, amid a spike in coronavirus cases since May 31, when the government eased its lockdown, areas have been categorised as red, green and yellow zones based on the rate of virus infections and deaths.
The government has also decided that troops will increase patrols in those areas.
However, the authorities say it will take some time to enforce lockdowns in the red zones after completing all preparations.
A general holiday will be enforced in the coronavirus hotspots.
Globally, 9,202,551 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 474,668 people died as of Tuesday noon, according to the worldometer.
Of them, 3,773,984 are currently being treated with 57,907 remain in serious or critical condition.
So far, 4,953,899 people have recovered.