Bangladesh recorded 21 new coronavirus-related deaths, lowest in 123 days, and 980 infections in a 24-hour period till 8:00am on Sunday.
Health authorities also reported a 4.41 per cent positivity rate, which remains below 5 per cent for the sixth consecutive day.
The country earlier reported 17 fatalities from the deadly infection on May 26.
The overall caseload now stands at 15,51,351 and the total fatalities at 27,414 according to the press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 22,221 samples at 820 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 96,19,150 samples.
Meanwhile, 1,312 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,11,479.
Among the fresh fatalities, seven were males and 14 were females.
Dhaka division logged the highest deaths with 10 fatalities, followed by four in Chattogram, three in Sylhet, two in Rajshahi and one each in Khulna and Mymensingh.
Barishal and Rangpur divisions reported no new deaths.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
Another 25 lakh Pfizer jabs to arrive Monday
Bangladesh is going to receive another 25 lakh doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine under COVAX facility on Monday.
A cargo flight of National Airlines, carrying the vaccine doses gifted by the USA, will land at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:15 PM, said officials at the Health Ministry.
Earl R Miller, US ambassador to Bangladesh; Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and other senior officials of the health sector will be present at the airport to receive the vaccine.
With the fresh batch, Bangladesh will receive a total of 36.04 lakh doses of the vaccine.
