DHAKA, Oct 22, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 232 COVID-19 cases

while the coronavirus claimed overnight four lives.

     "The country reported 1.36 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 17,200
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 Dhaka district is 121 while no COVID-19 death was reported
during the same period.

     The official tally showed the virus killed 27,805 people and infected
15,67,139 so far, it added.

     The recovery count rose to 15,30,647 after another 564 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

     The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning
97.67 percent recovered, while 1.77 percent died.

     The DGHS said among the total 27,805 fatalities, 12,124 deaths occurred
in Dhaka division, 5,645 in Chattogram, 2,038 in Rajshahi, 3,588 in Khulna,
945 in Barishal, 1,261 in Sylhet, 1,362 in Rangpur and 842 in Mymensingh
division.