Bangladesh has registered seven new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,953.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,574,088 as 199 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8:00 am on Sunday, according to the latest government data, reports bdnews24.com.
Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 154 infections. It also recorded the most deaths, with five fatalities.
Nationwide, another 192 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,538,198.
As many as 17,135 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.16 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.72 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent.
Globally, over 257.22 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.14 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.