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Bangladesh reports seven Covid-19 deaths, 4,92,059 total recoveries

TBP Desk
22 Feb 2021 17:09:53 | Update: 22 Feb 2021 17:09:53
Bangladesh reports seven Covid-19 deaths, 4,92,059 total recoveries
 

Bangladesh recorded seven novel coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths and 366 fresh cases overnight.

The recovery count rose to 4,92,059 after another 692 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Monday.

“Seven more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,356,” the release said.

It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,43,717 as 366 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

A total of 11,103 samples were tested at 214 authorized laboratories across the country during the time. Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 3.30 percent tested positive, while 13.73 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.

Among the total infections, 90.50 percent patients have recovered, while 1.54 percent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.

 

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