Covid: Daily infection rate at 4.62%

Bangladesh on Sunday recorded 217 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily infection rate slightly rose to 4.62 per cent.

The health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 4,695 samples at 881 laboratories across the country.

On Saturday, the test positivity rate was 4.26 per cent.

Meanwhile, the country recorded zero Covid-related deaths in a 24-hour span, keeping the tally to 29,323.

With the fresh infections, the total caseload reached 20,11,317, according to the daily virus update by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 299 patients recovered from the infection over the last 24 hours, pushing the overall recovery to 19,55,563.

Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 of the same year.