Bangladesh records first COVID death in a year and a half

The health directorate says three others tested positive for the virus

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported the first death due to COVID-19 in nearly a year and a half, alongside three new cases of infection.

Bangladesh has not reported any COVID-related deaths in 2024.

On Thursday, the health directorate said in a statement that the deceased was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the capital.

Over the past 24 hours, three people tested positive for the virus.

Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Bangladesh has tested 15,726,224 samples, confirming a total of 2,051,739 COVID-19 cases.

Of these, 29,500 people have died from the infection.

In 2023, as many as 37 people died due to COVID-19 after 1,368 had died in 2022.

The virus caused 7,559 fatalities in 2020 before another 20,513 people died in 2021, registering the deadliest year of the pandemic in Bangladesh.