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Covid: Daily infection rate jumps to 9.66%

141 test positive in 24 hours
Staff Correspondent
18 Sep 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 18 Sep 2022 00:08:47
Covid: Daily infection rate jumps to 9.66%

Bangladesh on Thursday registered 141 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate fell to 9.66 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 1,460 samples at 881 laboratories across the country.

On Friday, the test positivity rate was 10.87 per cent. The country recorded no more Covid-related deaths in a 24-hour span, keeping the tally at 29,339.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,17,087, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 284 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,60,331. Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 of the same year.

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