Dhaka, June 15 -- Another person has died from COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of virus-related fatalities this year to four.

The deceased was a man aged between 41 and 50. He was undergoing treatment at a state-run hospital in Dhaka.

A total of 26 people have been tested positive for the virus as of Sunday morning, bringing the total number of patients identified this year to 288.

Of them, 130 were infected in the first 14 days of June.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said the 26 patients were identified by testing 291 samples. According to the tested samples, the detection rate is 8.93 percent.

Among the new patients, 12 people tested positive from 60 samples in Dhaka, 11 from ...