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Covid: Daily infection rate at 6.92%

389 test positive, one more dies in 24hrs
Staff Correspondent
17 Oct 2022 17:22:33 | Update: 17 Oct 2022 17:31:48
Covid: Daily infection rate at 6.92%
Garment workers return from a workplace as factories reopened after the government eased the restrictions amid concerns over the Covid-19 outbreak in Dhaka on May 4, 2020 —Reuters Photo

Bangladesh on Monday registered 389 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate rose to 6.92 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 5,625 samples at 882 laboratories across the country.

On Sunday, the test positivity rate was 5.86 per cent.

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With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,32,832, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country also recorded one more Covid-related death in a 24-hour span, taking the tally to 29,402.

Meanwhile, 644 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,74,852.

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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