Bangladesh recorded 101 more Covid-19 death in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 11,053, according to a handout released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday afternoon.

The country has recorded 2,922 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the total to 745,322.

The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am was 13.33 percent, while the overall rate of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Sunday stands at 13.94 percent.

The health directorate on Monday said a total of 4,301 people were recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 657,452.

Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March last year and recorded its first death on 18 March that year.