Thirteen more patients died of coronavirus and 291 people were newly diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a press release made the disclosure on Saturday.
As many as 8,266 people have died of coronavirus while 540,266 people have been infected so far, according to DGHS.
A total of 12, 871 samples were tested. Of them, 291 samples were found to be positive for coronavirus.
Bangladesh first detected coronavirus on 8 March and a patient first died on 18 March.
