Bangladesh on Thursday registered 884 fresh Covid-19 cases and recorded six more death in a 24-hour span, while the daily infection rate dropped to 9.81 per cent.
With the new casualty, the death toll reached 29,256.
The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 8,954 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.
On Wednesday, the test positivity rate was 12.2 per cent.
With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 2,00,0279 according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Meanwhile, 1,602 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,31,498.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 of the same year.
