Thirty-five more people died of COVID-19 and 2,635 more got infected with the novel coronavirus, while 521 more recovered in the last 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Saturday.
With the new figures, the death toll rose to 846 and the number of infections rose to 63,026, said Directorate General of Health Services additional director general Nasima Sultana in the daily bulletin on COVID-19 situation.
In the 24 hours, 12,486 specimens were tested and 2,635 of them were found positive for COVID-19, she said.
Bangladesh on March 8 confirmed the first COVID-19 patient and the first death on March 18.
