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Covid: Daily infection rate at 1.10%

Staff Correspondent
19 Nov 2022 16:04:57 | Update: 19 Nov 2022 16:25:20
Covid: Daily infection rate at 1.10%

Bangladesh on Saturday registered 18 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate increased to 1.10 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 1,640 samples at 883 laboratories across the country.

On Friday, the test positivity rate was 0.66 per cent.

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With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,36,343, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country, however, recorded zero Covid-related death in a 24-hour span, keeping the tally at 29,430.

Meanwhile, 118 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,84,604.

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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