In a 24-hour count till Wednesday morning, health authorities in Bangladesh reported 2, 916 new Covid-19 infections .
With the latest development, the daily positivity rate has climbed to 11.68 percent.
The aggregate Covid-19 tally has reached 1,601,305.
Health authorities also reported four fatalities overnight, taking the tally of Covid-19 deaths to 28,111.
On the flip side, a total number of 266 people recovered from the infectious disease taking the total recoveries to 1,551,653.
The figures were recorded between Tuesday 8:00 am and Wednesday 8:00 am.
The latest Covid-19 situation in the country was revealed by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its routine daily statement.