Bangladesh reports 26 new Covid cases, one death


FE Team | Published: December 05, 2022 16:50:02 | Updated: December 05, 2022 22:05:38


Bangladesh reports 26 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh has recorded 26 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,663.

The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,435 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Monday.

As many as 2,706 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.96 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.

Dhaka logged the highest number of cases among the eight divisions, with 25 infections.

Another 71 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,986,187.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.52 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 645.28 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.64 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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