Bangladesh on Friday registered 1,051 fresh Covid-19 cases and recorded two more deaths in a 24-hour span, while the daily infection rate stood at 11.55 per cent.
The death tally reached 29,225.
The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 9,130 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.
On Thursday, the test positivity rate was 11.89 per cent.
With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 19,94,433, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Meanwhile, 1,957 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,21,123.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 of the same year.
