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Published : 22 Jun 2025, 08:35 PM
Bangladesh has reported five deaths due to COVID-19, marking the highest number of daily fatalities in 2 years and 8 months from the virus.
The total number of COVID-related fatalities in 2025 rose to 16.
The last time a higher daily toll was recorded on Oct 18, 2022, when six deaths were reported during the final phase of the pandemic.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), among the five deceased, four were men and one was a woman.
Among the deceased reported until Sunday morning, one each was from the Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions with three from the Chattogram Division.
According to the DGHS, 621 samples were tested across the country in the past 24 hours, with 34 cases of infection. Based on the sample tests, the positivity rate stood at 5.80 percent.
Among these, 14 cases were detected in the Dhaka Division from 267 samples, 12 in the Chattogram Division from 266 samples, five in the Rajshahi Division from 43 samples, and three in the Khulna Division from 31 samples tested.
Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, Bangladesh has conducted over 15.7 million tests, identifying more than 2.05 million cases. The country has recorded 29,515 deaths from the virus to date.
The highest annual death toll was reported in 2021 when 20,513 people died. That followed 7,559 deaths in 2020. In 2022, the toll fell to 1,368, then to 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.
