Bangladesh reported another Covid-19 death and 214 cases in 24 hours to Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the new numbers, the country's total number of fatalities rose to 29,323 and the caseload to 2,011,946.
The daily infection rate rose to 5.20% from Tuesday’s 4.08% as 4,115 samples were tested.
The latest deceased was a man from Khulna division.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46%. The recovery rate remained static at 97.24% as 282 patients recovered during this period.
In July, the country reported 142 Covid-19 deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest monthly death toll and caseload since March this year.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
