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Bangladesh reported 22 more COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours until Wednesday morning.
With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,539, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,446 as no new fatalities were reported.
The daily case test positivity rate was 2.01 against the total of 1089 samples.
The recovery rate increased to 98.4 percent. However, the death rate remained unchanged at 1.44 percent.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28, 2021, and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10, the same year.