The country also recorded 276 fresh cases.

The latest development has taken the death toll of the country to 27, 834 and the total caseload to 1,568,257, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) as reported by Dhaka Tribune.

Meanwhile, 440 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,532,180, the newspaper reported.