One more dies from COVID in Bangladesh, 27 test positive

The COVID-19 death toll in Bangladesh reaches 23

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Bangladesh has reported one death from COVID-19 in a day, bringing the total number of fatalities this year to 23.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deceased was a woman aged between 71 and 80. She was a resident of the Sylhet Division and was undergoing treatment at a government hospital.

In the 24-hour period leading up to Wednesday morning, 27 new cases were detected across the country after testing 518 samples.

The positivity rate stood at 5.21 percent.

Of the new cases, 13 were identified from 351 samples in the Dhaka Division, while Chattogram recorded 14 cases from 134 samples.

So far in 2025, 609 people have tested positive for COVID-19.

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 29,518 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.