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Bangladesh reports 21 Covid-19 deaths, 578 fresh cases

TBP Desk
16 Jan 2021 16:28:45 | Update: 16 Jan 2021 16:28:45
Bangladesh reports 21 Covid-19 deaths, 578 fresh cases

Bangladesh recorded 21 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths and 578 fresh cases overnight.

The recovery count rose to 4,71,756 after another 633 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

“Twenty-one more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 7,883,” the release said.

It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,27,063 as 578 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

A total of 12,215 samples were tested at 199 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.

Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 4.73 percent tested positive, while 15.30 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.

Among the total infections, 89.51 percent patients have recovered, while 1.49 percent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.

(Source: BSS)

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