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Another patient has died of COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total fatalities to 27 this year.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said no new cases have been identified from the 218 samples tested nationwide during the period leading up to Sunday morning.
The deceased was from Chattogram and receiving treatment at a government hospital.
Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, Bangladesh has conducted over 15.7 million tests, reporting more than 2.05 million cases and 29,523 deaths.
In 2020, the first year of the pandemic, 7,559 people died from COVID-19 in Bangladesh.
The highest number of fatalities occurred in 2021, with 20,513 deaths. In 2022, there were 1,368 deaths, followed by 37 in 2023, and 22 in 2024.
The DGHS has issued fresh advisories following a rise in cases of a new sub-variant of the virus in India and other neighbouring countries.
The agency has urged people to avoid non-essential travel to affected countries and instructed all land and airports to step up health screening and surveillance measures.