Bangladesh, currently passing through the most frightful stage of Covid-19 second wave, reported another record-high 164 deaths in 24 hours until Monday morning. During the period, Bangladesh also broke its all-time record of cases with 9,964 fresh infections, according to a handout provided by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). This was reported just after seeing the highest 153 deaths on Sunday and highest 8,822 cases back on June 30. Also read: Covid-19: Countries racing to vaccinate before Delta takes hold The new cases were detected after testing 34,002 samples, said the DGHS. This puts the country's case positivity rate at peak 29.30 %.