Besides, 24 more people died from the disease during the period, raising the death toll to 6,930.
The mortality rate, however, is still at 1.43 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
So far, 405,966 patients – 83.86 percent -- including 4,772 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8. The infection number reached the 300,000-mark on August 26. The first death was reported on March 18 and the death toll exceeded 6,000 on November 4.
Until now, 2,911,666 tests have been carried out, including 16,972 new ones, and 16.63 percent of the patients turned out to be positive.
Bangladesh is seeing 2842.55 infections, 2383.74recoveries, and 40.69 deaths per million.
Global Situation
More than 68 million people have been infected with coronavirus globally and over 1.5 million of them died since the first cases were reported in December last year, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
The global caseload stood at 68,225,313 with 1,556,822 fatalities Wednesday.
In the United States, the total number of Covid-19 cases topped 15 million on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at JHU.
US case count rose to 15,164,885, with 286,237 deaths as of Wednesday morning.
California reported the most cases among the states, standing at 1,397,237. Texas registered 1,334,750 cases, followed by Florida with 1,065,785. Illinois recorded 804,174 cases and New York identified 713,129 cases.
Other states with over 400,000 cases include Georgia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina, the CSSE data showed.
India's Covid-19 tally reached 9,735,850 on Wednesday as 32,080 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, while the death toll mounted to 141,360 with 402 new deaths, according to the federal health ministry.
Delhi has been one of the most affected places in the country. As many as 3,188 new cases and 57 deaths were registered in the national capital during the past 24 hours.
There are still 378,909 active cases in the country, while 9,215,581 people have been discharged from hospitals, according to the health ministry.
Besides, Brazil reported 6,674,999 cases with 178,159 fatalities on Wednesday.
Infections have been reported in more than 191 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
Vaccine hope
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is entering the final phase of review before the US government decides whether to allow millions to get the shots.
The Food and Drug Administration posted a positive review of the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday and will hold a public hearing on Thursday. Next week, it will do the same thing for Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate.
A UK grandmother became the first person in the world to be given the Pfizer Covid-19 shot as part of a mass vaccination programme on Tuesday.
The UK is the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week.
On Tuesday, US regulators confirmed the vaccine is 95 percent effective, paving the way for it to be approved for emergency use.
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has also been found to be "safe and effective", according to a paper published on Tuesday and assessed by independent scientists.
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