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Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded another 9,500 new cases of Covid-19, with the country's daily test positivity rate spiking to 25.11 per cent.
During the time the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) recorded 12 more coronavirus related deaths as the total death toll reached 28,176 and positive cases 16,42,294 since the country first detected Covid patient on March 8, 2020, and death from the viral disease on March 18, 2020.
Of the 12 deceased, ten were male and two female and they were aged between 51-90 years old, added the DGHS release on Wednesday.
Dhaka division logged the highest deaths with eight fatalities, Chattogram division reported two deaths, while Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions logged one each.
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 37,830 samples at 855 laboratories across the country.
Bangladesh has so far tested 1,19,66,289 samples.
Meanwhile, 473 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,54,268.
On Tuesday positivity rate was 23.98 per cent which was 2.43 on January 1.
