Bangladeshi photojournalist A Hai Swapan died from coronavirus in New York last night.

He breathed his last at local time 12:50pm (10:50pm Bangladesh time) at Queens Hospital.

Bangladeshi journalist Abdur Rahim shared a post about the death on his personal Facebook profile.

Swapan worked for Bangladeshi newspaper Daily Manabzamin.

He was suffering from kidney disease and was scheduled to go to India soon for kidney replacement, according to Abdur Rahman's post.

Bangladeshi journalists raised a small fund for his treatment in India, Abdur Rahim said.