DHAKA, Nov 20, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported no COVID-19 death 
for the first time in around 20 months as the country recorded zero daily 
COVID-19 death on July 3 last year. 

   First COVID-19 death was reported on March 18, 2020 since the pandemic 
began in the country on March 8, last year.

   "In the past 24 hours, Bangladesh posted 178 Covid-19 cases," Directorate 
General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.

  The country reported 1.18 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 15,107 samples 
were tested in the past 24 hours. 

   In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus in Dhaka city and 
upazilas of the district is 129 while no Covid-19 death was reported during 
the period.

   The official tally showed that the virus killed 27,946 people and infected 
15,73,889 so far, the statement added. The recovery count rose to 15,38,006 
after another 190 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 1.78 percent died, the DGHS 
statistics showed.

   As of November 19, among the total 27,946 fatalities, 12,193 occurred in 
Dhaka division, 5,674 in Chattogram, 2,049 in Rajshahi, 3,604 in Khulna, 946 
in Barishal, 1,270 in Sylhet, 1,366 in Rangpur and 844 in Mymensingh 
divisions.