Bangladesh reported zero death from Covid-19 and 217 new infections from the virus in the 24 hours till Sunday morning.
While the country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,323, the new number took its caseload to 2,011,317, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate rose to 4.62% from Saturday’s 4.26% as 4,695 samples were tested during the period.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46% and the recovery rate rose to 97.23% from Saturday’s 97.22%.
In July, the country reported 142 Covid-linked deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest monthly death toll and caseload since March this year.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
