134 fresh cases, one death from Covid-19 in 24hrs

Bangladesh on Wednesday reported 134 Covid-19 cases while one death was recorded during the same period, said a press release from Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.

“The country reported 1.27 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 10,521 samples were tested in the past 24 hours,” the release added.

Bangladesh reported no COVID-19 death for sixth time between March 15 and March 22 simultaneously coronavirus positive cases are continuously falling sharply since late February.

The country recorded zero coronavirus death for the first time on November 20, 2021 since the pandemic began on March 8, 2020.

In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus in Dhaka city and upazilas of the district is 94 while no Covid-19 death was reported during the period.

The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,118 people and infected 19,50,980 so far, the statement added.

The recovery count rose to 18,73,766 after another 921 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.04 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.

Among the total 29,118 fatalities, 12,794 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,862 in Chattogram, 2,141 in Rajshahi, 3,717 in Khulna, 982 in Barishal, 1,326 in Sylhet, 1,416 in Rangpur and 880 in Mymensingh divisions.