Bangladesh reports 16 fresh cases, one death from Covid-19
DHAKA, May 21, 2022 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 16 Covid-19
cases while one death was recorded during the same period.
“The country reported 0.41 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,927
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 nine while no Covid-19 death was reported
during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,128 people and
infected 19,53,204 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 19,00,747 after another 172 patients were
discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.31 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
Among the 29,127 fatalities, 12,798 occurred in Dhaka division,
5,863 in Chattogram, 2,142 in Rajshahi, 3,718 in Khulna, 982 in Barishal,
1,328 in Sylhet, 1,417 in Rangpur and 880 in Mymensingh divisions.
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