Bangladesh reports 1,491 fresh cases, three deaths from Covid-19

  DHAKA, Jan 9, 2022 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 1,491 Covid-19 cases 

while the coronavirus claimed overnight three lives. 

  “The country reported 6.78 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 21,980 

samples were tested in the past 24 hours,” Directorate General of Health 

Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.

  In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus in Dhaka city and 

upazilas of the district is 1,254 while two Covid-19 deaths were reported 

during the period.

  The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,102 people and infected 

15,93,700 so far, the statement added. 

  The recovery count rose to 15,50,905 after another 217 patients were 

discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

  From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.31 percent Covid-19 patients 

recovered among the infected people while 1.76 percent died, the DGHS 

statistics showed.

  The DGHS said among the total 28,102 fatalities, 12,275 occurred in Dhaka 

division, 5,697 in Chattogram, 2,065 in Rajshahi, 3,620 in Khulna, 949 in 

Barishal, 1,273 in Sylhet, 1,375 in Rangpur and 848 in Mymensingh divisions. 





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