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Covid: Daily infection rate drops to 1.88%

69 new cases, one death in last 24hrs
Staff Correspondent
29 Oct 2022 16:30:04 | Update: 29 Oct 2022 18:32:50
Covid: Daily infection rate drops to 1.88%

Bangladesh on Saturday registered 69 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate declined to 1.88 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 3,661 samples at 882 laboratories across the country.

On Friday, the test positivity rate was 3.42 per cent.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,35,037, 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 29,419.

Meanwhile, 348 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,80,148.

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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