Bangladesh saw the second-lowest number of deaths from Covid-19 in nine weeks on Sunday, as 22 more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus.
The overall death toll from Covid-19 in the country now stands at 3,154.
A total of 22 people died from Covid-19 on June 1 as well, and the lowest number of deaths in a single day since then is 21 on Saturday.
The information was disclosed by health authorities in the daily online bulletin on the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday.
The first death from Covid-19 in the country was recorded on March 18, and the highest number of deaths from the disease in a single day is 64 on June 30.
Infection rate 24.05%
A total 3,584 samples were tested for Covid-19 on Sunday and 886 came back positive, amounting to an infection rate of 24.05%.
Furthermore, 3,213 samples were collected from suspected Covid-19 patients in the 24 hours.
On August 1, the infection rate jumped to 24.98%- the second-highest till date - after hovering at around 20% for the previous three days.
The highest daily detection rate of 25.23% was recorded in the country on July 15.
