DHAKA, Dec 20, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 260 Covid-19 cases 
while the coronavirus claimed overnight two lives. 

  "The country reported 1.30 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 19,955 
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 the district is 210 while one Covid-19 death was reported during 
the period. 

   The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,050 people and infected 
15,81,343 so far, the statement added. 

   The recovery count rose to 15,45,807 after another 236 patients were 
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day. 

   From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.75 percent Covid-19 patients 
recovered among the infected people while 1.77 percent died, the DGHS 
statistics showed. 

   The DGHS said among the total 28,050 fatalities, 12,248 occurred in Dhaka 
division, 5,687 in Chattogram, 2,058 in Rajshahi, 3,617 in Khulna, 949 in 
Barishal, 1,272 in Sylhet, 1,372 in Rangpur and 847 in Mymensingh divisions.