A total of 300,738 patients have so far recovered from the Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in the country after the recovery of 1,509 patients in last 24 hours till 8:00 am on Friday through taking treatment at home and hospitals.
Bangladesh has posted 1,527 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a day, taking the tally so far to 386,086, reports bdnews24.com citing a statement released by the health directorate.
The death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 5,623 after 15 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours.
A total of 13,577 samples were tested at 109 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 11.25 per cent, according to data.
The official figures put the recovery rate at 77.89 per cent while the mortality rate stands at 1.46 per cent.
Globally, over 38.95 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.09 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.