Dhaka: Two more died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours till 8am today while 2,101 more people were infected newly during the same time.
With the latest, the death toll from the disease has risen to 29,142 people while the caseload stood at 19,66,338 so far, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a regular bulletin on Monday.
“Bangladesh reported 15.20 Covid-19 positive cases as 13,820 samples were tested in the last 24 hours,” said the bulletin.
During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka city and upazilas of the district is 1,806 while two Covid-19 deaths were reported during the period.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,142 people and infected 19,67,274 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 19,06,867 after another 179 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 96.93 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.48 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
