Bangladesh reports 94 new Covid cases, one death


FE Team | Published: November 01, 2022 18:55:44 | Updated: November 02, 2022 08:55:30


Bangladesh reports 94 new Covid cases, one death

Bangladesh has logged 94 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 2,035,334, as the death toll rose by 1 to 29,424.

As many as 3,074 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 3.06 per cent, according to the latest government data released on Tuesday.

Dhaka recorded the highest number of cases among the eight divisions, with 70 infections.

Another 278 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,981,102.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.34 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent, reports bdews24.com.

Globally, over 630.62 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.59 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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