DHAKA,  – Bangladesh today reported 15,776 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 235 lives.

“The country reported 28.54 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 55,284 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The daily infection continued to exceed 10,000 mark for several days since July 6, ” Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.

The official tally showed the virus killed 21,397 people and infected 12,96,093 so far, it added.

The recovery count rose to 11,25,045 after another 16,297 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 86.80 percent recovered, while 1.65 percent died.