Bangladesh reports 38 new Covid cases, zero deaths


FE Team | Published: November 17, 2022 17:31:19 | Updated: November 17, 2022 19:38:32


Bangladesh reports 38 new Covid cases, zero deaths

Bangladesh has recorded 38 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,036,306.

No new fatalities were registered over the 24-hour period and the death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,430, according to the latest government data released on Thursday.

As many as 3,123 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.22 per cent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 35 infections.

Another 266 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,984,390.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.45 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.

Globally, over 636.29 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.6 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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