The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today confirmed that no new Covid-19 infections were recorded in the country in the 24 hours between 8 am Thursday and 8 am Friday.

According to a DGHS statement, a total of 13 samples were tested during this period, with a positivity rate of zero percent.

The health authority also reported that no deaths occurred from the virus during this time. The cumulative death toll from Covid-19 since the pandemic began in 2020 remains at 29,531.

Bangladesh detected its first Covid-19 case on March 8, 2020. The first death was recorded ten days later, on March 18 of the same year.

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