<span style="color: #000000;">The COVID 19 situation continued to mark improvement in Bangladesh with sample positivity rate declining to 4.69 percent on Tuesday. This is the lowest level of sample positivity in Bangladesh in more than six months. According to health experts of Bangladesh, the COVID situation is improving, but it can be considered under control if the positivity level remains below 5 percent for two consecutive weeks. <br />''<br />''According to the latest bulletin of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 26 people died and 1562 new cases of COVID 19 infection in the country were reported over the last 24 hours on Tuesday.<br />''<br />''The death toll due to COVID has gone up to 27, 277 and the death rate was reported to be 1.76 percent. The recovery rate in Bangladesh has gone up to 97.34 percent. <br />''<br />''Bangladesh is continuing with the COVID 19 vaccination programme with supplies being procured from multiple sources. According to State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, Bangladesh has received a new allocation of 7.1 million doses of Moderna vaccine from the US under the COVAX allocation in the last quarter of the year.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, 23.16 million people have received the first dose of the COVID 19 vaccine while 15.26 million people have received both the doses of the vaccine till Tuesday, September 21. </span>