The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the government, rose to 1,699,964 on Monday as 14,828 more cases were reported after testing 45,807 samples, including rapid antigen tests in the last 24 hours.
During that time, 15 more Covid-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 28,238, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 32.37 per cent while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Monday stands at 13.98 per cent.
The health directorate today said a total of 998 people were recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 1,557,859.
Of the people died in the last 24 hours, nine were male and six female. Among the Covid-19 patients died in that time, six were in Dhaka division, three in Mymensingh, two in Sylhet and one each in Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions.
Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March last year and recorded its first death in the disease on 18 March that year.