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Covid-19: Daily infection rate at 5.86%

Staff Correspondent
01 Aug 2022 17:34:05 | Update: 01 Aug 2022 17:48:25
Covid-19: Daily infection rate at 5.86%

Bangladesh on Monday registered 349 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate stood at 5.86 per cent.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,05,606, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country at the same time recorded one more Covid-related death, pushing the toll to 29,292.

Meanwhile, 1,011 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, rising the overall recovery to 19,43,421.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 5,967 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.

However, on Sunday, the positivity rate was 6.38 per cent. 

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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