Bangladesh reports 141 new Covid cases, no deaths


FE Team | Published: September 17, 2022 18:08:19 | Updated: September 17, 2022 21:41:48


Bangladesh reports 141 new Covid cases, no deaths

Bangladesh has recorded 141 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,017,087.

No fatalities were registered over the 24-hour period and the death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,339, according to the latest government data released on Saturday.

As many as 1,460 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 9.66 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 110 infections.

Another 284 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,960,331.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.19 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 611.42 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.52 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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