Dhaka: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today reported that no new COVID-19 infections were recorded in the country over the past 24 hours, from 8 am Thursday to 8 am Friday.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, during this period, a total of 11 samples were tested resulting in a zero percent positivity rate, as per a DGHS statement. No deaths from COVID-19 were reported during the same period. The country's cumulative death toll from the virus since the outbreak began in 2020 remains at 29,531.
Bangladesh confirmed its first COVID-19 case on March 8, 2020, and recorded the first death from the virus ten days later, on March 18, 2020.