Bangladesh reports 61 fresh cases, one death from Covid-19

Bangladesh today reported 61 Covid-19 cases while one death was recorded during the same period.

"The country reported 0.78 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 7,787 samples were tested in the past 24 hours," Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement Monday.

"The country logged zero virus-related fatality for 14 days between March 15 and April 4 , meaning Covid-19 death was reported on March 18, March 20, March 23, March 28, March 29, 30 and April 4," it added.

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 45 while no Covid-19 death was reported during the period.

The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,123 people and infected 19,51,831 so far, the statement added. The recovery count rose to 18,84,352 after another 842 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.56 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed. Among the 29,123 fatalities, 12,795 occurred in Dhaka division, 5,863 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.