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Covid: Daily infection rate drops to 0.66%

Staff Correspondent
18 Nov 2022 16:00:47 | Update: 18 Nov 2022 16:30:13
Covid: Daily infection rate drops to 0.66%

Bangladesh on Friday registered 19 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate declined to 0.66 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 2,880 samples at 883 laboratories across the country.

On Thursday, the test positivity rate was 1.22 per cent.

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With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,36,325, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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

Meanwhile, 96 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,84,486.

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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