Bangladesh logs zero Covid deaths, 22 new cases

Bangladesh on Thursday recorded zero Covid deaths and 22 new cases.

Bangladesh reported a 0.46% infection rate as 4,817 samples were tested in 24 hours to Thursday morning, a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

During the period, the combined figure of infections in Dhaka district and the capital was 14.

The official tally showed that the virus has killed a total of 29,440 people and infected 2,037,230 so far.

The recovery count rose to 1,988,261 after another 119 patients were discharged from hospitals during the last 24 hours.

From the onset of the pandemic, 97.6% of Covid patients recovered among the infected people, while 1.45% died, DGHS statistics showed.

Of the 29,440 fatalities, 12,944 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,906 in Chittagong, 2,161 in Rajshahi, 3,735 in Khulna, 993 in Barishal, 1,361 in Sylhet, 1,429 in Rangpur and 911 in Mymensingh.