Bangladesh reported 38 more deaths and 4,746 infections from coronavirus in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
The latest tally took the total number of deaths from the virus to 28,872 and the overall caseload to 1,919,102 in the country.
The daily infection rate, however, edged up to 13.77%, from 13.53% the previous day, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 11,417 people recovered from the virus-borne disease in the past 24 hours taking the total number of recovered persons to 1,703,309.
With the latest count, the recovery rate stands at 88.76% while the fatality rate is at 1.5%.
Dhaka logged 3,483 cases, the highest among the divisions, and accounted for 21 of the deaths.
Barisal division logged four deaths while Sylhet, Khulna, Rangpur and Chittagong divisions recorded two each, while Rajshahi counted one.
Meanwhile, Mymensingh division recorded zero deaths during the same period.
The second-highest number of infections are also in Chittagong with 489 cases, followed by Rajshahi with 216 cases, Rangpur 143, Khulna 141, Barisal 146, Sylhet 100, and Mymensingh 68 cases.
The country reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 last year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 last year.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s total tally of Omicron cases reached 69 with the detection of seven more cases till January 31, according to GISAID, a global initiative on sharing all influenza data.
Amid growing concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the government on January 13 announced restrictions on the movement of people and public transport vehicles. Schools and colleges went on a hiatus while government and private offices started operating with half manpower to curb the spread of the virus.
A large number of the population has also been vaccinated, with the country crossing the landmark of administering 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines on December 1, nearly 10 months after launching a nationwide campaign.
