C T Online Desk: Dec 29, 2021- Bangladesh today 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.
