The death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,127 as 16 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 369 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 535,139.
Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Sunday.
In the last 24 hours, 12,225 samples were examined and out of them 369 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 447 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 479,744, the press release added.
Bangladesh reported its first three cases of COVID-19 on March 8.
The new coronavirus pandemic first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year. The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
The deadly virus spread to 213 countries and territories, killing some 2,231,004 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 103,204,738 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 74,862,273 people recovered from the virus, the website said.