Bangladesh today reported 13,154 Covid-19
cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 31 lives.
“The country reported 29.17 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 45,093
samples were tested in the past 24 hours,” Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus in Dhaka city and
upazilas of the district is 6,845 while 13 Covid-19 deaths were
reported during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,425 people and infected
18,11,987 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 15,70,934 after another 2,721 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 86.70 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.57 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 28,425 fatalities, 12,251 occurred in Dhaka
division, 5,756 in Chattogram, 2,082 in Rajshahi, 3,638 in Khulna, 959 in
Barishal, 1,290 in Sylhet, 1,384 in Rangpur and 865 in Mymensingh divisions.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)