Bangladesh reported six more Covid-19 deaths and 287 new cases in 24 hours to Tuesday morning.
The country's total number of fatalities rose to 29,408 with the new deaths and the new cases raised the total caseload to 2,033,119, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily infection rate rose to 6.97% from Monday’s 6.92% as 4,120 samples were tested during the period.
Of the six deceased, five were men and another was a woman, and they were from Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45% and the recovery rate rose to 97.16%.
In September, the country reported 40 Covid-19 deaths and 13,251 cases.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 of the same year.
