Bangladesh registered three more Covid-related deaths and 257 new infections in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning.
According to the latest data, the total number of fatalities reached 28,041 while the positivity rate stood at 1.02 per cent.
After adding the fresh cases, the total caseload jumped to 15,80,559 said a regular bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 25,203 samples at 848 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 1,12,18,461 samples.
At the same time, 181 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24 hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,45,114.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 last year and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
