Bangladesh on Sunday recorded another 10,906 new cases of Covid-19, with the country's daily test positivity rate spiking to 31.29 per cent.
During the time the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) recorded 14 more coronavirus related deaths taking the total death toll to 28,223 and positive cases to 16,85,136.
Of the 14 deceased, six were male and eight female, added the DGHS release on Sunday.
Dhaka division logged the highest deaths with five fatalities, Chattogram, Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions reported two deaths each, while, Khulna, Barishal, Rangpur divisions logged one each.
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 34,854 samples at 857 laboratories across the country.
Bangladesh has so far tested 1,21,16,880 samples.
Meanwhile, 782 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,56,861.
On Saturday positivity rate was 28.02 per cent which was 2.43 on January 1.
The country first detected Covid patient on March 8, 2020, and death from the viral disease on March 18, 2020.
