Bangladesh reports 253 fresh cases, seven deaths from Covid-19
DHAKA, Nov 19, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 253 Covid-19 cases
while the coronavirus claimed overnight seven lives.
“The country reported 1.40 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 18,124
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 193 while two Covid-19 deaths were reported
during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 27,946 people and infected
15,73,711 so far, the statement added. The recovery count rose to 15,37,816
after another 298 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past
one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.72 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.78 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 27,946 fatalities, 12,193 occurred in Dhaka
division, 5,674 in Chattogram, 2,049 in Rajshahi, 3,604 in Khulna, 946 in
Barishal, 1,270 in Sylhet, 1,366 in Rangpur and 844 in Mymensingh divisions.