Bangladesh on Thursday registered 35 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours while the daily infection rate slightly rose to 0.6 per cent.
The country recorded zero death over the same period, keeping the tally at 29,127.
On Wednesday, the positivity rate was 0.44 per cent.
With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 19,00,354, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) released on Thursday afternoon.
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 5,864 samples at 879 laboratories across the country.
Bangladesh has so far tested 1,40,68,700 samples.
Meanwhile, 216 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24 hours, raising the overall recovery to 19,00,354.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 of the same year.
The daily case positivity rate reached its peak at 33.37 per cent on January 28 this year.
