Health authorities in Bangladesh reported 1,516 new Covid-19 infections and 10 fatalities in the 24 hours till 8am Thursday.
As many as 27,434 samples were tested yielding a daily positivity rate of 5.53%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services daily bulletin on Covid-19.
The latest development has taken the total infections in the country to 1,939,651 and total deaths to 29,005.
As many as 6,459 people recovered from the disease during this period, taking the total recoveries to 1,786,146.
The latest figures put the mortality rate at 1.5% and the recovery at 92.09%.
Of the deaths, three each were reported from Dhaka and Chittagong divisions, two from Rangpur and one each from Khulna and Sylhet divisions.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 14 on Thursday.
The country has been witnessing a downtrend in terms of infections for the last two weeks.
The infection rate in the country on Friday dipped below 10% for the first time since the surge in Covid-19 cases at the turn of the year.
Meanwhile, the government lifted the Covid-19 restrictions, imposed last month amid Omicron fears, from Tuesday. However, people will have to continue wearing masks outdoor as per the latest decision.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37% reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
The country 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.
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 5.9 million lives and infected over 430 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 359 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.
