Bangladesh recorded seven more Covid-19-related deaths and 515 new cases in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning, registering a fall in its daily infection rate.
Some 894 people have recovered from the virus infections during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the updated figures, the Covid-19 fatalities climbed to 8,423, while the total infections to 547,316 in the country.
The daily infection rate today stood at 3.36 per cent which was 4.31 per cent on Monday.
The overall infection rate slightly fell to 13.44 per cent, which was 13.48 per cent on Monday.
The mortality rate remained steady at 1.54% for the past few days, the DGHS handout said.
So far, 496,691 patients (91.12%) have recovered from the Covid-19.
Authorities have so far tested 40,72,922 samples, including 15,325 in the past 24 hours.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18.
Vaccination drive in Bangladesh
Bangladesh launched its nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive on February 7.
By Monday, 3,226,825 people had received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.
The government is providing the vaccine for free. It signed an agreement with India's Serum Institute for 30 million doses of the vaccine.
The institute will provide five million doses every month between January and June.
People, who are 40 or above, can register for the vaccine at www.surokkha.gov.bd. The on-spot registration system has been revoked.
