Bangladesh has recorded 221 new COVID-19 cases in the latest daily count, taking the caseload to 1,572,127.
The death toll has risen by five to 27,912 in the past 24 hours till Friday morning, according to data released by the government on Friday, reports bdnews24.com.
Dhaka and Chattogram reported two deaths each, while the other patient died in Khulna. Dhaka also recorded the highest number of 152 cases.
Nationwide, another 219 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,536,111.
As many as 17,231 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.28 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.71 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent.
Globally, over 252.08 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.08 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.