Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 49 fresh cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,492 and caseload to 2,048,847 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate stood at 6.46 percent as 758 samples were tested, said the DGHS.

The recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.39 percent and 1.44 per cent, respectively.

Due to a sudden rise in infection rate from the beginning of the year, the government decided to administer Covid-19 vaccines again.