Some 25 more COVID-19 patients died during that time, raising the total deaths in the country to 5,966, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Monday.

A total of 1,961 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in that time, taking the total to 327,901.

The overall rate of people recovered as of Monday stands at 79.78 per cent while the rate of death is 1.45 per cent, it added.

A total of 12,785 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Monday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 23,61,702.

Bangladesh detected the first coronavirus patient on 8 March and recorded the first death on 18 March.