A total of seven people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am Thursday, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country now stands at 27,737 and the death rate stood at 1.77 percent.
Some 466 new infections were recorded during the period, taking the total number of people infected to 15,64,483.
The current positivity rate is 2.16 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 15.58 percent.
A total of 21,583 samples were tested across the country in the 24 hours. Besides, at least 695 Covid-19 patients have recovered during the period.
The total number of recoveries now stands at 15,26,368 and the recovery rate at 97.54 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.