News Desk: Bangladesh has reported one more death and 349 fresh cases in the past 24 hours ending on Monday morning.

"The single Covid-19 death was recorded in Barisal division," a daily statement of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

With the latest fatalities and cases, Covid-19 killed 29,292 people and infected others, 20,05,606, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

Bangladesh reported 5.86 per cent positive cases as 5,953 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the release added.

During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital city is 175 while no Covid-19 death was reported during the period.

The recovery count rose to 19,43,421 after another 1,011 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.90 per cent patients recovered among the infected people while 1.46 per cent died, the DGHS statistics showed.

Among the 29,292 fatalities, 12,889 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,887 in Chattogram, 2,148 in Rajshahi, 3,730 in Khulna, 988 in Barishal, 1,335 in Sylhet, 1,422 in Rangpur and 893 in Mymensingh divisions.

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