Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 278 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.
With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,331 and caseload to 2,014,355, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate rose to 8.34 percent from Thursday's 7.40 percent as 3,334 samples were tested.
The deceased was a man from Dhaka division.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent while the recovery rate at 97.22 percent.
In August, the country reported 32 Covid-linked deaths and 6,689 cases.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 612 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 612,521,932 while the death toll reached 6,512,972 on Friday morning.
The US has recorded 96,959,165cases so far and 1,074,787people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.
