Bangladesh today reported 289 Covid-19 cases
while the coronavirus claimed overnight five lives.
“The country reported 1.39 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 20,773
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
its upazilas is 189 while one Covid-19 related death was reported during the
same period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 27,828 people and infected
15,67,981 so far, it added.
The recovery count rose to 15,31,740 after another 413 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.69 percent Covid-19 patients have
recovered among the infected people while 1.77 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 27,828 fatalities, 12,134 deaths occurred in
Dhaka division, 5,649 in Chattogram, 2,040 in Rajshahi, 3,591 in Khulna, 945
in Barishal, 1,263 in Sylhet, 1,363 in Rangpur and 843 in Mymensingh
divisions.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)