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Covid daily infection rate drops to 13.18%

521 test positive, 3 die in 24 hours
Staff Correspondent
11 Jul 2022 17:23:33 | Update: 11 Jul 2022 19:00:17
Covid daily infection rate drops to 13.18%
People crowd to board a ferry as authorities ordered a new lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19, in Munshiganj on June 27, 2021 — AFP Photo

Bangladesh on Monday registered 521 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate declined to 13.18 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 3,952 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.

On Sunday, the test positivity rate was 17.47 per cent.

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The country also recorded three more Covid-related deaths in a 24-hour span, taking the tally to 29,203.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 19,90,375, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 1,105 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,14,318.

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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