Covid: 9 die, daily infection rate 13.78%

Bangladesh on Tuesday registered 656 fresh Covid-19 cases and recorded 9 more deaths in a 24-hour span, while the daily infection rate slightly rose to 13.78 per cent.

The death tally reaches to 29,212.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 4,761 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.

On Monday, the test positivity rate was 13.18 per cent.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 19,91,031, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 1,542 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,15,860.

Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 of the same year.