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Covid: Daily infection rate rises to 7.4%

388 cases, one more die
Staff Correspondent
08 Sep 2022 17:01:51 | Update: 08 Sep 2022 18:34:03
Covid: Daily infection rate rises to 7.4%

Bangladesh on Thursday registered 388 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate increased to 7.4 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 5,241 samples at 881 laboratories across the country.

On Wednesday, the test positivity rate was 6.94 per cent.

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Meanwhile, the country recorded one more Covid-related death in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 29,330.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,14,077, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

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Meanwhile, 227 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,58,047.

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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