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Covid: Daily infection rate jumps to 6.68%

333 test positive, no new death in 24 hours
Staff Correspondent
05 Sep 2022 18:19:58 | Update: 05 Sep 2022 18:29:00
Covid: Daily infection rate jumps to 6.68%

Bangladesh on Monday registered 333 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate jumped to 6.68 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 4,987 samples at 881 laboratories across the country.

On Sunday, the test positivity rate was 4.93 per cent.

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The country recorded no new Covid-related death in the last 24 hours, keeping the tally at 29,328.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,13,094, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 187 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,57,458.

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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