Bangladesh reports 36 fresh cases, two deaths from Covid-19
DHAKA, April 18, 2022 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 36 Covid-19
cases while two deaths were recorded during the same period.
“The country reported 0.67 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 5,407
samples were tested in the past 24 hours,” Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
“The country logged zero virus-related fatality for 26 days between March 15 and April 17, meaning Covid-19 death was reported on March 18, March
20, March 23, March 28, 29, 30, April 4, April 11 and 18,” it said.
Zero coronavirus death was recorded in the country for the first time on
November 20, 2021 since the pandemic began on March 8, 2020.
In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus in Dhaka city
and upazilas of the district is 27 while no Covid-19 death was reported
during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,126 people and
infected 19,52,362 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 18,91,197 after another 355 patients were
discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.87 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
Among the 29,126 fatalities, 12,796 occurred in Dhaka division,
5,863 in Chattogram, 2,142 in Rajshahi, 3,718 in Khulna, 982 in Barishal,
1,327 in Sylhet, 1,417 in Rangpur and 880 in Mymensingh divisions.
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