Bangladesh reported three Covid deaths and 521 fresh cases in 24 hours ending Monday morning.
With the latest fatalities and cases, Covid killed 29,203 people and infected 19,90,375 others so far, said the daily statement issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.
The country registered 13.18 per cent daily test positive rate as 3,952 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka city and upazilas of the district is 412 while three Covid deaths were reported during the period.
The recovery count rose to 19,14,318 after another 1,105 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.18 per cent Covid patients recovered among the infected people while 1.47 per cent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
The country detected Covid infection and death in March 2020.
In June, the country reported 18 Covid deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS.
Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20, 2021 since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28, 2021 and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10, 2021.
Among the 29,203 fatalities, 12,850 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,873 in Chattogram, 2,145 in Rajshahi, 3,721 in Khulna, 984 in Barishal, 1,329 in Sylhet, 1,417 in Rangpur and 884 in Mymensingh divisions.
