As the deadly coronavirus continues its onslaught in Bangladesh, health authorities reported 69 more deaths in 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday.

With this, the total number of people who died of the virus was 11,569.

Besides, 1,359 new cases were detected after examining 14,158 samples during those 24 hours.

However, the positivity rate fell to 9.60 percent from Saturday's 9.61 percent while the fatality rate rose to 1.52 percent from 1.51 percent of the previous day.

Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.

During this second wave, the country reported its highest single-day deaths on April 19 this year, which was 112.

It reported the highest single-day new cases on April 7, which was 7,626.