Bangladesh reports 211 fresh cases, one death from Covid-19

   DHAKA, Dec 19, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 211 Covid-19 cases 

while the coronavirus claimed overnight one life.

   “The country reported 1.22 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 17,332 

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 172 while one Covid-19 death was reported during 

the period. 

   The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,048 people and infected 

15,81,083 so far, the statement added. 

   The recovery count rose to 15,45,571 after another 168 patients were 

discharged from the hospitals during the past one day. 

  From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.75 percent Covid-19 patients 

recovered among the infected people while 1.77 percent died, the DGHS 

statistics showed. 

  The DGHS said among the total 28,048 fatalities, 12,247 occurred in Dhaka 

division, 5,687 in Chattogram, 2,058 in Rajshahi, 3,617 in Khulna, 949 in 

Barishal, 1,272 in Sylhet, 1,371 in Rangpur and 847 in Mymensingh divisions. 


 





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