62 Covid-19 cases, no deaths reported in 24 hours


FE Team | Published: March 19, 2022 17:14:55 | Updated: March 20, 2022 13:54:44


62 Covid-19 cases, no deaths reported in 24 hours

Bangladesh has registered 62 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, the lowest since April 11, 2020.

The total caseload from the disease reached 1,950,527, according to the latest government data released on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.

The country passed another day without Covid-19 deaths, leaving the toll unchanged at 29,114.

As many as 7,372 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.83 per cent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka recorded the highest number of cases, with 38 infections.

Another 1,014 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,869,634.

Globally, over 468.24 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 6.07 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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