Bangladesh reports 410 new Covid cases, one death


FE Team | Published: October 06, 2022 17:19:36 | Updated: October 06, 2022 18:55:42


Bangladesh reports 410 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh has recorded 410 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,028,524.

The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,375 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Thursday.

As many as 3,810 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 10.76 per cent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 314 infections, says a bdnews24.com report.

Another 584 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,967,953.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.01 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 619.80 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.55 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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