The country's coronavirus tally reached 292,625 on Saturday, overtaking that of Pakistan, the Asian hotspot for Covid-19 infections, official data showed.
As a result, Bangladesh became the second worst-affected country after India in South Asia. In terms of active cases, the country with 113,151 Covid-19 patients also stood second in the eight-country economic bloc in the Indian Ocean region.
Pakistan's virus caseload stood at 292,174 with a total of 6,231 deaths, according to the worldometer data until 5:45pm on Saturday.
With the major leap in the global standing with regard to coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh now becomes the world's 15th worst-affected nation in terms of Covid-19 infection.
Worried about the fast-spreading infections, healthcare experts called upon people to maintain social distancing rules strictly outdoors.
During the last 24 hours ending Saturday noon, Bangladesh recorded 2,265 new cases and 46 deaths, according to the state-run Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest fatalities, the death toll from the Covid-19 reached 3,907.
For the first time, the rate of recovery from the deadly disease has hit 60 per cent, as a total of 175,567 people recovered in the country.
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