Bangladesh on Wednesday registered 1,104 fresh Covid-19 cases and recorded one more death in a 24-hour span, while the daily infection rate jumped to 12.2 per cent.
With the new casualty, the death toll reached 29,250.
The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 9,047 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.
On Tuesday, the test positivity rate was 9.66 per cent.
With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 19,99,395, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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Meanwhile, 1,242 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,29,892.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 of the same year.
