Bangladesh logs 13 Covid cases, zero deaths in 24 hours


FE Team | Published: December 30, 2022 17:01:51 | Updated: December 31, 2022 08:55:15


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Bangladesh has recorded 13 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,102.

The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,439 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Friday.

As many as 2,254 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.58 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.

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

Another 83 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,987,686.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.57 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent.

Globally, over 659.76 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.68 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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