Bangladesh reports 23 new Covid cases, zero deaths


FE Team | Published: November 26, 2022 17:33:06 | Updated: November 27, 2022 08:42:03


Bangladesh reports 23 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh has recorded 23 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,511.

The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,431 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Saturday.

As many as 2,284 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.01 per cent.

Dhaka with 20 infections logged the highest number of cases among the eight divisions, reports bdnews24.com.

Another 82 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,985,499.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.50 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 641.19 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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