Bangladesh reports 19 new COVID cases in a day with no deaths


FE Team | Published: December 20, 2022 17:08:52 | Updated: December 21, 2022 08:47:42


Bangladesh reports 19 new COVID cases in a day with no deaths

Bangladesh has recorded 19 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,967.

The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,438 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Tuesday.

As many as 2,536 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.75 per cent.

Dhaka, with 18 infections, logged the highest number of cases among the eight divisions.

Another 90 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,986,947.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.54 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 654.03 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.66 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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