DHAKA, Jan 18, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 8,407 Covid-19 cases 
while the coronavirus claimed overnight ten lives. 

   "The country reported 23.98 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 35,054 
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 6,597 while seven Covid-19 deaths were 
reported during the period. 

    The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,164 people and 
infected 16,32,794 so far, the statement added. 

   The recovery count rose to 15,53,795 after another 475 patients were 
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

   From the beginning of the pandemic, 95.16 percent Covid-19 patients 
recovered among the infected people while 1.72 percent died, the DGHS 
statistics showed.

   The DGHS said among the total 28,164 fatalities, 12,313 occurred in Dhaka 
division, 5,708 in Chattogram, 2,067 in Rajshahi, 3,623 in Khulna, 952 in 
Barishal, 1,276 in Sylhet, 1,375 in Rangpur and 850 in Mymensingh divisions.