Bangladesh reports 15 Covid cases, one death


FE Team | Published: December 02, 2022 16:56:11 | Updated: December 03, 2022 08:38:55


Bangladesh reports 15 Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh has recorded 15 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,612.

The death toll from the disease climbed by one in 24 hours to 29,434, according to the latest government data released on Friday.

As many as 1,894 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.79 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.

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

Another 90 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,985,989.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.51 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 644.11 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.63 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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