Bangladesh on Monday recorded 3,099 new patients of Covid-19 and 39 more deaths in 24 hours.
During the period till 8am of Monday, 4,703 patients made recoveries, additional director general for health Prof Nasima Sultana said at the daily briefing.
With that, the number of total cases surged to 186,894, deaths 2,391 and recoveries 98,317.
Around 52.61 percent of coronavirus patients have recovered in Bangladesh so far.
Some 12,423 samples were tested in 77 labs during the period. With that, so far 952,947 samples have been tested in Bangladesh since the detection of the first cases on March 8.
It means 19.61 percent samples turned out positive for the virus. Around 52.61 percent patients recovered while 1.28 percent died.
Among the deceased on Monday, 30 were men and nine women.
Of them, 19 were from Dhaka, five from Chattogram, seven from Khulna, three from Barishal, two each from Sylhet and Rangpur, and one from Mymensingh divisions.
Thirty-four of them died in different hospitals and five at their respective homes.
According to the analysis of Covid-19 victims' age groups as of Monday, the highest number of patients - 43.58 percent or 1042- died till date were aged 60 and above.
The age groups of 51-60 and 41-50 come next with respectively 29.86 percent (714) and 14.51 percent (347).
Rest of the age groups stand under eight percent, such as- 31-40 with 7.07 percent (169), 21-30 with 3.18 percent (76), 11-20 with 1.17 percent (28) and under ten with 0.63 percent (15).
The gender-wise analysis of victims stated that some 1,890 people who have died from Covid-19 are male and 501 are female, which are 79.05 percent and 20.95 percent respectively.
Currently, 62,211 people are quarantined across the country – including 2,401 newly-quarantined individuals.
A total of 334,044 people have completed their quarantine course.
The authorities placed 756 new individuals suspected of having Covid-19 into isolation, bringing the total to 17,371 after 19,899 left.
Prof Nasima urged all to be aware of the disease and wear a mask while going out and maintain physical distance and wash hands with soap.