207 Covid-19 cases, two deaths reported in 24 hours


FE Team | Published: October 24, 2022 17:00:04 | Updated: October 25, 2022 08:41:23


207 Covid-19 cases, two deaths reported in 24 hours

Bangladesh has recorded 207 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,034,348.

The death toll from the disease rose by two to 29,415 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Monday.

As many as 4,454 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 4.65 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.

Dhaka logged the highest number of cases among the eight divisions, with 154 infections.

Another 390 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,978,306.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.25 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 627.66 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.57 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

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