Bangladesh reports six new Covid cases, one death in a day


FE Team | Published: December 25, 2022 17:48:43 | Updated: December 25, 2022 21:39:47


Bangladesh reports six new Covid cases, one death in a day

Bangladesh has recorded six cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,024.

The death toll from the disease rose by one to 29,439 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Sunday.

As many as 1,372 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 0.44 per cent.

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

Another 73 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,987,297.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.56 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.45 per cent, reports bdnews24.com.

Globally, over 657.14 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.67 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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