Bangladesh reports 799 fresh cases, eight deaths from Covid-19
DHAKA, Mar 1, 2022 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 799 Covid-19 cases
while the coronavirus claimed overnight eight lives.
“The country reported 3.35 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 23,817
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 469 while no Covid-19 death was reported during
the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,045 people and infected
19,44,376 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 18,22,125 after another 7,460 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 93.71 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.
The DGHS said among the total 29,045 fatalities, 12,749 occurred in Dhaka
division, 5,855 in Chattogram, 2,138 in Rajshahi, 3,713 in Khulna, 977 in
Barishal, 1,322 in Sylhet, 1,413 in Rangpur and 878 in Mymensingh division.