Bangladesh on Monday logged 1,736 fresh cases from coronavirus, officially known as Sars-CoV-2 which causes Covid-19, over the last 24 hours to take the total to 410,988.
Besides, deaths linked to the pathogen have reached 5,966 after 25 more lost their battle for life during the period.
Of the new deceased, 20 are men and five are women. Among the total dead, 4,588 or 76.90 percent are men while 1,378 or 23.10 percent are women.
Currently, there are 77,121 active cases in the country.
Bangladesh reported its first three coronavirus cases on March 8 last while the first death on March 18.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the information through a press release in the afternoon.
As per the press release, 1,961 more patients recuperated in the last 24 hoursI to take the total recoveries in the country to 327,901.
During the period, 12,891 samples were tested in 113 labs across the country. With this, a total of 2,361,702 samples have so far been tested in the country.
The positivity rate — an indicator of the prevalence of the disease — was recorded at 13.47 percent in the last 24 hours while the overall positivity rate is 17.40 percent.
The recovery rate continued to rise in Bangladesh reaching 79.78 percent.
Bangladesh has one of the lowest case fatality rates or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, at 1.45 percent.
On Sunday, Bangladesh logged 18 deaths and 1,568 infections from coronavirus after testing 12,549 samples with a positivity rate of 12.50 percent.
Meanwhile, confirmed coronavirus cases across the world have reached 46,823,512 as of Monday morning.
Besides, the death toll from the virus has climbed to 1,205,321 globally, according to tracking website Worldometer.
Of the currently infected 11,861,347 patients, 11,775,985 are in mild condition while 85,362 are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 33,756,844 people have made recovery from the disease in different countries.
The US is the worst-hit country with highest cases and deaths in the world at 9,473,911 and 236,471 respectively while India has 2nd highest cases of 8,229,322 and third highest fatalities of 122,642 and Brazil has 2nd highest deaths of 160,104 and third highest cases of 5,545,705.