Bangladesh registered two deaths from Covid-19 with 31 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said, report agencies.
The fresh numbers took the total fatalities from the pandemic so far to 29,130 while the caseload mounted to 19,53,264.
On Sunday, the country logged zero death from Covid with 29 infections. On Saturday the country saw first death from the virus after a month as the last death was logged on April 20 with 16 new cases.
The daily test positivity rate slightly decreased to 0.67 per cent from Sunday's 0.78 per cent as 4,659 samples were tested, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 97.33 per cent as 193 patients recovered during this period.
In April, the country reported only five Covid-linked deaths and 1,114 new cases, while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
Meanwhile report from New Delhi adds: India has detected first cases of new omicron sub-variants-BA.4 and BA.5, the highly transmissible omicron variant of coronavirus.
India confirmed the two cases of new omicron variant of coronavirus in its two southern states-Tamil Nadu and Telengana, according to a statement issued by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) last evening.
Earlier, a South African national was reported positive for the BA.4 sub-variant of Omicron on arrival at the Hyderabad airport.
Report from Beijing adds: The Chinese capital extended its work-from-home requirement for many of its 22 million residents to stem a COVID-19 outbreak, while Shanghai deployed more testing and curbs to hold on to its hard-won "zero COVID" status after two months of lockdown.
