Bangladesh today reported 657 Covid-19 cases
while the coronavirus claimed overnight five lives.
“The country reported 2.91 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 22,584 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 382 while three Covid-19 deaths were reported
during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,058 people and infected
19,45,765 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 18,31,577 after another 4,628 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 94.13 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 29,058 fatalities, 12,757 occurred in Dhaka
division, 5,855 in Chattogram, 2,139 in Rajshahi, 3,713 in Khulna, 979 in
Barishal, 1,322 in Sylhet, 1,415 in Rangpur and 878 in Mymensingh division.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)