The health authorities reported 16,033 coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the overall caseload in Bangladesh to 1,715,997.
As many as 49,492 samples were tested in the 24 hours to 8am, for a test positivity rate of 32.4%, according to figures released by the Directorate General of Health Services.
Bangladesh registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest infection rate of 32.55% was recorded on July 24.
Fatalities from the virus rose by 18 to stand at 28,256.
Nationwide another 1,095 people recovered from the disease, taking the total recovery to 1,558,954. With the latest count, the recovery rate stands at 90.85% while the fatality rate at 1.65%.
Dhaka, the epicentre of the virus, logged 10,478 cases and accounted for eight of the deaths.
Chittagong division logged six deaths while Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet each recorded one death.
The second highest number of infections are also in Chittagong with 2,325 cases, followed by Rajshahi with 882 cases, Sylhet 734, Khulna 714, Mymensingh 365, Rangpur 285 and Barisal 250 cases.
With 18 new fatalities, the seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 13.14 on Tuesday.
Bangladesh last saw more Covid cases on August 3 last year when the number of infections stood at 15,776.
Between July 7 and August 12, except for a few days, Bangladesh constantly recorded over 200 deaths a day.
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 Monday, according to GISAID, a global initiative on sharing all influenza data.
The health authorities marked 12 districts, including Dhaka, as red zones owing to their high infection rates between 10% and 29%.
Bangladesh reported its first three cases of Covid-19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a strain of coronavirus later named Sars-CoV-2, on March 8, 2020. The first death was reported 10 days later.
Amid growing concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the government on January 13 announced restrictions on movement of people and public transport vehicles.
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.
The fast-spreading coronavirus has so far claimed over 5.6 million lives and infected over 356 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 282 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.
