Bangladesh reported 41 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,044,902 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rose to 2.74 per cent from Tuesday’s 2.70 per cent as 1496 samples were tested, it said.

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

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.