The health authorities in Bangladesh recorded zero deaths from Covid-19 and 19 infections in 24 hours to Thursday morning.
Besides, another 363 patients recovered from the infectious disease, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
The latest additions took the country’s total caseload to 1,952,644 and the total number of recoveries to 1,894,820, while the death toll remained unchanged at 29,127.
A total of 4,622 samples were tested at 879 labs across the country during the 24-hour period, yielding a positivity rate of 0.41%.
On Wednesday, the number of infections was higher as 23 new cases were reported with zero death.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49%.
The recovery rate rose to 97.04% with the recovery of 363 more patients during the 24-hour period.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Among the 85 deaths during the period, 44 were unvaccinated patients, 11 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, 28 with the second dose and two with the third dose.
The country reported its first zero deaths from coronavirus in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 infections, since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous 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.
