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Covid: Bangladesh reports 17 more cases

UNB . Dhaka
17 Aug 2023 17:40:32 | Update: 17 Aug 2023 17:40:32
Covid: Bangladesh reports 17 more cases
— Collected via UNB

Bangladesh reported 17 more Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,045,120, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,476 as no new fatalities were reported.

The daily case test positivity dropped to 1.28 per cent from Wednesday's 2.46 per cent as 1, 333 samples were tested.

The recovery and death rates stood at 98.4 and 1.44 per cent respectively.

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.

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