During that time 16 more COVID-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 7,849, said a press release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.

The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 4.90 per cent. The detection rate comes below 5 per cent for the first time in more than 9 months.

Bangladesh detected its first coronavirus patient on 8 March and recorded the first death on 18 March.