Bangladesh reports 329 fresh cases, six deaths from Covid-19
DHAKA, Dec 12, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 329 Covid-19 cases
while the coronavirus claimed overnight six lives.
“The country reported 1.52 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 21,612
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 261 while no Covid-19 death was reported
during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,028 people and
infected 15,79,325 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 15,44,150 after another 288 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.77 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.77 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 28,028 fatalities, 12,240 occurred in
Dhaka division, 5,685 in Chattogram, 2,055 in Rajshahi, 3,612 in Khulna, 948
in Barishal, 1,272 in Sylhet, 1,369 in Rangpur and 847 in Mymensingh
divisions.