Bangladesh on Monday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 16 coronavirus positive cases.
"Bangladesh reported 0.67 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,398 samples were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
The official tally showed that the virus killed a total of 29,431 people and infected 20,36,527 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 19,85,578 after another 79 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the last 24 hours.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.50 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.45 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
Among the 29,431 fatalities, 12,984 occurred in Dhaka, 5,903 in Chattogram, 2,160 in Rajshahi, 3,735 in Khulna, 993 in Barishal, 1,356 in Sylhet, 1,429 in Rangpur and 911 in Mymensingh divisions.
Source: BSS