Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 21 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
Earlier, one died from Covid-19 on January 11.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) published this information in a press release.
According to the DGHS, 418 samples were been examined over the previous 24 hours, with the tets positivity rate turning out to be 5.02%.
With the new numbers, the country's total number of fatalities rose to 29,479 and caseload to 2,046,599, according to the DGHS.
The overall detection rate is 13.09% and the fatality rate is 1.44%.
The DGHS on Saturday advised people to wear masks as a precautionary measure as a new Covid-19 variant cases -- JN.1 -- has been increasing in several countries around the world.