Zero daily covid death reported for 3rd consecutive day
17 March 2022, 06:40 pm | Updated: 22 November 2024, 02:56 am
Bangladesh reported no COVID-19 death for third consecutive day in the past four months.The country recorded zero coronavirus death for first time in late November last year since the pandemic began on March 8, 2020.
"Zero COVID-19 death was posted for the first time on November 20, last year after the deadly virus was detected in the country," Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sources said.
The country today reported 233 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, it added.
"The country reported 1.69 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 13,791 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 161 while no Covid-19 death was reported during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,112 people and infected 19,50,357 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 18,67,161 after another 1,561 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
