In a grim landmark, Bangladesh's overall coronavirus caseload crossed the 2 million level as it recorded 884 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning.
The exact caseload now stands at 2,000,279, according to the daily statement of Directorate Generalof Health Services (DGHS).
Over the same 24 hours, the death toll from the disease climbed by six to 29,256.
As many as 9,010 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 9.81 percent.
Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 505 infections.
Another 1,602 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,931,494.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 96.56 percent and the mortality rate at 1.46 percent.
Globally, over 566.80 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.38 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
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