Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 16,230 fresh Covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period, the highest-ever single-day caseload in the country.
Health authorities also logged 237 deaths from the deadly infection in the last 24 hours till 8:00am Wednesday.
With the latest figures, the total fatalities in the country now stand at 20,016 and the total cases at 12,10,982, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Until Wednesday, the country's highest daily Covid-19 case count was recorded at 15,192 on July 26.
The daily infection rate climbed to 30.12 per cent from Tuesday's 28.44 per cent.
In a 24-hour period,13,470 patients recovered from the deadly infection with an overall recovery rate of 85.54 per cent.
During this period, health authorities tested 53,877 samples in 639 laboratories across the country.
The overall infection rate is gradually increasing and currently stands at 15.91 per cent.
Dhaka division saw the highest 70 deaths in the last 24 hours, followed by 62 in Chattogram, 34 in Khulna, 21 in Rajshahi, 18 in Sylhet, 16 in Rangpur, nine in Barishal and seven in Mymensingh.
Bangladesh is running a mass vaccination campaign.
Until Wednesday morning, 16,66,698 people received the first dose and 17,424 received the second dose of China’s Sinopharm vaccine.
Meanwhile, 50,235 people have received the first jab of the Pfizer vaccine, with 288 receiving the second dose.
A total of 4,81,715 people received the first shot of the Moderna vaccine, including 59,765 in the past 24 hours.
Of the AstraZeneca vaccine doses, 58,20,033 received the first shot and 42,98,086 got the second shot so far.
So far, the country has received 2,12,45,000 doses from four vaccine makers of various countries. Of these, 1,05,45,000 were Oxford-AstraZeneca, 55 lakh Moderna, 51 lakh Sinopharm and 1 lakh Pfizer vaccines.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
