Dhaka: Bangladesh reported 16 more Covid-19 deaths and some 1,595 new infections in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am Tuesday.
The positivity rate has further dropped to 6.77% during the period after testing 23,547 samples across the country, a DGHS press release confirmed this afternoon.
With the latest figures, the country's death toll reached to 28,990 and the case tally to 19,36,837.
Meanwhile, some 8,357 Covid patients have been cured with the recovery rate of 91.47%.
On Monday, Bangladesh reported nine deaths and 1,951 fresh cases with 6.94% positivity rate.
