Bangladesh reported 70 new coronavirus-related deaths and 2,430 infections in a 24-hour period till 8:00am on Sunday.
During this period, the positivity rate dropped further to 9.66 per cent from Saturday’s 9.82 per cent.
The overall caseload now stands at 15,14,456 and the total fatalities at 26,563, according to the press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 25,163 samples at 797 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 90,64,015 samples.
Meanwhile, 5,060 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 14,51,063.
Among the fresh fatalities, 40 were males and 30 were females.
Dhaka division logged the highest deaths with 31 fatalities, followed by 20 in Chattogram, 6 in Sylhet, 4 in Rangpur, 3 each in Rajshahi and Khulna, 2 in Barishal and 1 in Mymensingh.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 last year and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
