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Covid daily infection rate drops to 4.34%

239 test positive, one more dies in 24 hours
Staff Correspondent
09 Aug 2022 16:54:20 | Update: 09 Aug 2022 17:10:00
Covid daily infection rate drops to 4.34%
People sit as they come to a coronavirus testing centre at Mugda Medical College and Hospital amid a coronavirus outbreak in Dhaka on July 2, 2020 — Reuters Photo

Bangladesh on Tuesday recorded 239 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate declined to 4.34 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 5,504 samples at 880 laboratories across the country.

On Monday, the test positivity rate was 4.99 per cent.

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The country also recorded one more Covid-related death in a 24-hour span, taking the tally to 29,308.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,07,870, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 489 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,49,154.

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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