Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday registered 246 more deaths from coronavirus or Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
With new fatalities, the country has seen deaths of 21,162 people as of now.
In addition, some 15,989 people have been infected with the virus during the period. The number of total infection now stands at 12 lakh 80 thousand 317.
A press notification issued by the Directorate General of Health Services revealed this information on Monday.
According to DGHS, the current positivity rate is 29.91 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 16.32 percent.
A total of 53,462 samples were tested across the country in the past 24 hours.
Some 15,482 people have recovered from the virus during this period.
The total number of recoveries now stands at 1,108,748 and the recovery rate at 86.6 percent.
