Dhaka: Bangladesh today reported 6,364 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 166 lives.
“The country reported 31.05 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 20,493 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The daily infection continued to exceed 10,000 mark for several days since on July 6, ” Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
The official tally showed the virus killed 18,851 people and infected 11,46,564 so far, it added.
The recovery count rose to 9,78,616 after another 9,006 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 85.35 percent recovered, while 1.64 percent died.
