Dhaka, June 29 -- Bangladesh recorded two new COVID-19 deaths during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 22 so far this month.
The country on June 5 recorded its first COVID-19 fatality this year when a man died from the infectious disease in the capital Dhaka.
The country also reported seven new COVID-19 cases, with the daily test positivity rate jumping to 3.87 percent in the 24 hours till 8:00 a.m. local time on Saturday.
Official data showed that 174 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Amid a fresh rise in COVID-19 infections in several neighboring countries, the Bangladeshi interim government has
asked people to refrain from traveling to those destinations unless absolutely necessary.
The authorities here have al...