A total of 20 people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am Friday, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country now stood at 27,674 and the death rate is 1.77 percent.
A total of 16,925 samples were tested across the country and at least 415 new infections were recorded in this period, taking the total number of people infected to 1,561,878, the release added.
The current positivity rate is 2.45 percent while the overall positivity rate stands at 15.75 percent.
At least 543 Covid-19 patients have recovered during this period. The total number of recoveries now stands at 1,523,134 and the recovery rate is 97.52 percent.
Mentionable, the first case of Covid-19 infection was detected in Bangladesh on last March 8, 2020 while the first death occurred on March 18.