With 2,595 more people testing positive for COVID-19 yesterday, Bangladesh has now become sixth on the list of countries with most active cases.

The 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday also saw 37 deaths from the highly transmissible virus, according to the health directorate.

The total number of actives cases rose to 1,17,454, according to www.worldometers.info -- a reference website that provides almost real-time statistics.

Out of 2,79,144 confirmed cases, 1,60,591 patients -- or more than 57 percent -- have recovered from their illnesses as of yesterday, according to the health directorate.

With 6,79,946 actives cases, neighbouring India is third on the list which is topped by USA with around 25 lakh actives cases, followed by Brazil with around eight lakh.

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