One new death reported

Bangladesh reported one more COVID-19-linked death and 34 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning, reports UNB.

With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,480 and caseload to 2,046,758, according to the DGHS.

The daily case test positivity rate stood at 5.92 per cent as 574 samples were tested, said the DGHS.

The recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.41 per cent and 1.44 per cent, respectively.

Earlier on Thursday, Professor Tahmina Shireen, director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research, said they found a new variant of the coronavirus, 'JN.1' in test samples of five patients.