Bangladesh reports 24 fresh Covid cases, zero death


FE Team | Published: April 24, 2022 16:43:36 | Updated: April 24, 2022 21:26:22


Bangladesh reports 24 fresh Covid cases, zero death

Bangladesh has logged 24 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,952,556.

The government did not register any fatalities in the 24-hour count and the death toll from the disease remains unchanged at 29,127, according to the latest data released on Sunday.

As many as 5,888 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.41 per cent.

All of the latest cases were recorded in the Dhaka district, reports bdnews24.com.

Another 329 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,893,460.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 96.97 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.49 per cent.

Globally, over 509.20 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 6.21 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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