DHAKA, Jan 9, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 1,491 Covid-19 cases 
while the coronavirus claimed overnight three lives. 

  "The country reported 6.78 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 21,980 
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 1,254 while two Covid-19 deaths were reported 
during the period.

  The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,102 people and infected 
15,93,700 so far, the statement added. 

  The recovery count rose to 15,50,905 after another 217 patients were 
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

  From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.31 percent Covid-19 patients 
recovered among the infected people while 1.76 percent died, the DGHS 
statistics showed.

  The DGHS said among the total 28,102 fatalities, 12,275 occurred in Dhaka 
division, 5,697 in Chattogram, 2,065 in Rajshahi, 3,620 in Khulna, 949 in 
Barishal, 1,273 in Sylhet, 1,375 in Rangpur and 848 in Mymensingh divisions.