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Covid: Daily infection rate drops to 9.94%

409 test positive, one more dies in 24 hours
Staff Correspondent
09 Oct 2022 17:12:28 | Update: 09 Oct 2022 17:18:19
Covid: Daily infection rate drops to 9.94%
A health worker is taking sample for Covid-19 testing at Mugda General Hospital, Dhaka on June 21, 2021 — Focus Bangla Photo

Bangladesh on Sunday registered 409 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate declined to 9.94 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 4,114 samples at 882 laboratories across the country.

On Saturday, the test positivity rate was 13.60 per cent.

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With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,29,723, 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 29,381.

Meanwhile, 651 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,69,995.

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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