Twenty-one people died from Covid-19 and 1,383 new infections were recorded in the country in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The total number of deaths now stands at 5,093 and the death rate is 1.43 percent. The total number of infections in the country has now reached 3,56,767.
The current positivity rate is 11.09 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 18.90 percent.
Bangladesh is currently 15th in the list of worst affected countries in the world in terms of the number of cases.
The position is one step ahead of Iraq and one step behind United Kingdom, according to worldometers.info.
A total of 12,473 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 1,932 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours.
The total number of recoveries stands at 2,67,024 and the recovery rate at 74.85 percent.
Among the deceased 14 were male and seven female. Seven were between 41-50 years old, four between 51-60 and 10 above 60 years old.
