Bangladesh registered 2 more Covid related deaths and 191 new infections in the last 24 hours until Friday morning.
According to the latest data, the total number of fatalities reached 28,043 while the positivity rate stood at 1.17 per cent.
After adding the fresh cases, the total caseload jumped to 15,80,750 said a regular bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 16,310 samples at 848 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 1,12,34,711 samples.
At the same time, 145 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24 hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,45,114.
Meanwhile, the global Covid cases reached 272,983,377 and fatalities reached 5,337,678.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 last year and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
