Bangladesh reports 495 fresh cases, one death from Covid-19

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Bangladesh on Monday reported 495 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight one life.

“The country reported 2.37 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 20,914 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 425 while one Covid-19 death was reported during
the period.

The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,063 people and infected 15,84,518 so far, the statement added.

The recovery count rose to 15,48,416 after another 372 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 1.77 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.

The DGHS said among the total 28,063 fatalities, 12,255 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,688 in Chattogram, 2,060 in Rajshahi, 3,618 in Khulna, 949 in Barishal, 1,273 in Sylhet, 1,373 in Rangpur and 847 in Mymensingh divisions.