Bangladesh added six new coronavirus-related deaths and 368 infections in a 24-hour period till 8:00am on Wednesday.
The positivity rate dropped down to 1.80 per cent from Tuesday’s 2.20 per cent.
In Bangladesh, the daily-case positivity rate reached its peak 32.55 per cent on July 24 this year.
The overall caseload now stands at 15,66,664 and the total fatalities at 27,791 according to the press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 20,393 samples at 832 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 1,01,55,435 samples.
Meanwhile, 481 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,29,549.
Among the fresh fatalities, four were males and two were females.
Chattogram division logged the highest deaths with three fatalities, followed by two in Rajshahi and one in Khulna.
Dhaka, Barishal, Sylhet, Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions reported no new deaths.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 last year and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
Meanwhile, the global Covid-19 caseload reached 242,448,799 and the death toll to 4,931,295 till Wednesday morning, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University (JHU) update.
