Bangladesh on Thursday saw the detection of another 2,856 coronavirus patients in 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 216,110.

During the period the country registered death of 50 new victims which increased total number of fatalities to 2,801.

Health authorities reported that another 2,006 people have recovered from the disease in a day, taking the total number of recoveries to 119,208.

Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily health bulletin.

In the last 24 hours, 80 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 12,398 samples.

The detection rate of new patients on Thursday has been recorded 23.04 percent while the overall rate of infection since March 8 is 20.03 percent.

Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 55.01 percent and the mortality rate is 1.30 percent in the country.