Covid-19 claimed three more lives, taking the total toll to 27,873, in Bangladesh with 229 new cases being detected in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,569,982 as 229 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Tuesday, according to the latest government data.
The Dhaka Division logged two fatalities, while Chattogram recorded one. Dhaka also counted 156 infections, reports bdnews24.com.
Nationwide, another 211 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,533,836.
As many as 20,031 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.14 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.7 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent.
Globally, over 247.12 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.00 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.
