Bangladesh on Thursday registered 657 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours while the daily infection rate fell to 2.91 per cent.
The country also logged five more deaths over the same period, pushing the tally up to 29,058.
The test positivity rate has been witnessing an upward trend since the start of the New Year, rising from 2.43 per cent on January 1.
On Wednesday, the positivity rate was 3.22 per cent.
With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 19,45,765, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) released on Wednesday afternoon.
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 22,584 samples at 876 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 1,34,70,456 samples.
Meanwhile, 4,628 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24 hours, raising the overall recovery to 18,31,577.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
The daily case positivity rate reached its peak at 33.37 per cent on January 28 this year.
