Bangladesh has confirmed 15 new Covid-19 cases over the past day, bringing the total number of infections this year to 240. Chattogram reported four cases from 53 tests, while one case was identified in Brahmanbaria from three samples. Since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Bangladesh has tested over 15.72 million samples, returning more than 2.05 million cases of positivity. In 2023, as many as 37 people died due to Covid-19 after 1,368 had died in 2022. Earlier, the DGHS issued precautionary measures in response to a surge in cases of new sub-variants of Covid-19 in several neighbouring countries, including India.

Source: bd News24 June 12, 2025 15:36 UTC