Dhaka, Sept. 22 -- The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,547,176 as 1,376 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Wednesday, according to the latest government data.

Dhaka registered the most daily deaths and new cases among the eight divisions, logging 18 fatalities and 948 infections. Chattogram registered 10 deaths and 175 cases.

Nationwide, another 1,427 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,506,136.

As many as 28,736 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 4.79 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.35 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 percent.

Globally, over 229.13 million people have been infected by the novel coronaviru...