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Covid daily infection rate at 4.32%

Staff Correspondent
14 Aug 2022 17:47:46 | Update: 14 Aug 2022 18:18:51
Covid daily infection rate at 4.32%

Bangladesh on Sunday recorded 226 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate stood at 4.32 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 5,226 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.

On Saturday, the test positivity rate was 4.29 per cent.

The country also recorded one Covid-related death in a 24-hour time span, taking the tally to 29,313.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,08,870, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 479 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,51,322.

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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