Bangladesh reports 72 fresh cases, two deaths from Covid-19
DHAKA, March 30, 2022 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 72 Covid-19
cases while two deaths were recorded during the same period.
“The country reported 0.89 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 8,073
samples were tested in the past 24 hours,” Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
Bangladesh logged zero virus-related fatality for ten times
between March 15 and 27 in the past four months, it said, adding COVID-19
death was reported on March 18, March 20, March 23, March 28, March 29 and
30.
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 58 while one Covid-19 death was reported
during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,122 people and
infected 19,51,504 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 18,80,420 after another 876 patients were
discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.36 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
Among the 29,122 fatalities, 12,795 occurred in Dhaka division,
5,862 in Chattogram, 2,142 in Rajshahi, 3,718 in Khulna, 982 in Barishal,
1,327 in Sylhet, 1,416 in Rangpur and 880 in Mymensingh divisions.