The death toll from Covid-19 in Bangladesh rose to 3,822 on Thursday as health authorities reported 41 new deaths in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, another 2,868 patients were diagnosed with the disease across the country taking the total cases to 287,959, according to a press release from Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With 14,059 new tests, so far more than 14 lakh samples have been tested in Bangladesh and 20.46 per cent of them have turned out to be positive.
The daily infection rate was recorded at 20.6 per cent on Thursday.
The total number of recoveries saw massive growth as 3,253 patients were cured in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of recovered patients to 168,991. The recovery rate increased to 58.69 per cent.
As per the latest data, 3,019 men and 803 women have died from the disease in Bangladesh since March 18.
