6 more die of Covid-19, 266 new cases detected 24 hrs
17 November 2021, 02:15 pm | Updated: 21 November 2024, 10:06 pm
Bangladesh today reported 266 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight six lives.BSS.
"The country reported 1.35 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 19,670 samples were tested in the past 24 hours," Directorate General of Healt 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 181 while two Covid-19 deaths were reported during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 27,934 people and infected 15,73,214 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 15,37,224 after another 257 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.71 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.78 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 27,934 fatalities, 12,184 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,672 in Chattogram, 2,049 in Rajshahi, 3,604 in Khulna, 946 in Barishal, 1,270 in Sylhet, 1,365 in Rangpur and 844 in Mymensingh divisions.
