The confirmed cases from coronavirus infection have surpassed the 14,000-mark in Bangladesh as the country recorded the highest single day cases with 887 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours.
With the latest figure, the number of total confirmed cases jumped to 14,657.
The country also witnessed deaths of 14 more people from Covid-19 over the same period, taking the number of fatalities to 228 in the country.
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Additional Director General (Administration) Prof Nasima Sultana revealed the latest figures in a daily online bulletin on Covid-19 situation from Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
In the last 24 hours, 36 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 5,738 samples, she added.
Coronavirus, first reported in China in December last year, has infected 4,100,729 people and killed 280,431 worldwide as of Sunday morning, according to worldometer.
The virus is affecting 212 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.
