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Covid: Daily infection rate at 3.85%

Staff Correspondent 
23 Aug 2022 16:50:50 | Update: 23 Aug 2022 16:54:27
Covid: Daily infection rate at 3.85%

Bangladesh on Tuesday recorded 175 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate slightly climbed to 3.85 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 4,540 samples at 881 laboratories across the country.

On Monday, the test positivity rate was 3.15 per cent.

The country has witnessed no Covid-related death in a 24-hour span, keeping the tally to 29,316.

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With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,10,323, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 329 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,54,350.

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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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