Bangladesh has reported one Covid-19 death while it recorded 355 coronavirus positive cases over the last 24 hours till Friday morning.
The death was recorded in Dhaka division, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The infection rate over the 24 hours was 5.84 percent as 6,083 samples were tested then.
During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital city is 85 while one Covid-19 death was reported during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,285 people and infected 20,04,543 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 19,40,779 after another 696 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.82 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.46 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
Among the 29,285 fatalities, 12,888 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,885 in Chattogram, 2,148 in Rajshahi, 3,730 in Khulna, 987 in Barishal, 1,333 in Sylhet, 1,421 in Rangpur and 893 in Mymensingh divisions.
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