Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded six more deaths and 277 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8am Wednesday.
The current positivity rate was reported at 1.35% after testing 20,549 samples across the country.
With the latest additions, the death toll reached 28,016 and the case tally increased to 15,78,288 in the country.
Also, 296 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, with a 97.78% recovery rate.
The country's maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March.
Bangladesh reported five deaths and 297 cases on Tuesday.
