DHAKA, Dec 21, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 291 Covid-19 cases 
while the coronavirus claimed overnight one life.

   "The country reported 1.39 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 20,909 
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 239 while no Covid-19 death was reported during 
the period. 

   The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,051 people and infected 
15,81,634 so far, the statement added. 

   The recovery count rose to 15,46,071 after another 264 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 28,051 fatalities, 12,248 occurred in Dhaka 
division, 5,687 in Chattogram, 2,058 in Rajshahi, 3,617 in Khulna, 949 in 
Barishal, 1,273 in Sylhet, 1,372 in Rangpur and 847 in Mymensingh divisions.