196 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours


FE Team | Published: August 26, 2022 16:52:48 | Updated: August 26, 2022 20:03:23


196 Covid-19 cases, one death reported in 24 hours

Bangladesh has recorded 196 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,010,944.

The death toll from the disease rose by one in 24 hours to 29,321, according to the latest government data released on Friday, reports bdnews24.com.

As many as 4,721 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 4.15 per cent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 140 infections.

Another 278 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,955,084.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.22 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.46 per cent.

Globally, over 599.39 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.48 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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