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Covid daily infection rate at 4.54%

Staff Correspondent
17 Aug 2022 17:07:39 | Update: 17 Aug 2022 17:18:24
Covid daily infection rate at 4.54%

Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded 212 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate stood at 4.54 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 4,659 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.

On Tuesday, the test positivity rate was 4.41 per cent.

The country recorded no Covid-related death in the 24-hour time span, keeping the tally to 29,314.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,09,434, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 539 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,52,504.

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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