Fifteen people have died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The total number of deaths has now reached 5,608 and the death rate stands at 1.46 percent.
A total of 1,600 new infections were recorded in the meantime taking the total number of people infected to 3,84,559, added the release.
The current positivity rate is 11.34 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 18.08 percent.
Bangladesh is currently 16th in the list of worst affected countries in the world in terms of the number of cases.
A total of 14,104 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 1,780 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours.
The total number of recoveries stands at 2,99,229 and the recovery rate at 77.81 percent.
Among the deceased, nine were men and six women while one was between 31-40 years old, one within 41-50, three between 51-60, and 10 were above 60 years old, added the release.
