Bangladesh logs 21 Covid cases in 24 hours


FE Team | Published: December 28, 2022 17:01:20 | Updated: December 29, 2022 08:53:15


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Bangladesh has recorded 21 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,067.

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

As many as 2,666 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.79 per cent.

Dhaka logged the highest number of cases among the eight divisions, with 19 infections reports bdnews24.com.

Another 82 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,987,529.

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

Globally, over 658.56 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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