DHAKA, Feb 8, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 8,354 Covid-19 cases 
while the coronavirus claimed overnight 43 lives.

  "The country reported 20.03 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 41,698 
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 4,926 while 11 Covid-19 deaths were reported 
during the period.

  The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,670 people and infected 
18,79,255 so far, the statement added.

  The recovery count rose to 16,22,857 after another 10,800 patients were 
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

  From the beginning of the pandemic, 86.36 percent Covid-19 patients 
recovered among the infected people while 1.53 percent died, the DGHS 
statistics showed.

  The DGHS said among the total 28,670 fatalities, 12,569 occurred in Dhaka 
division, 5,791 in Chattogram, 2,103 in Rajshahi, 3,678 in Khulna, 963 in 
Barishal, 1,301 in Sylhet, 1,392 in Rangpur and 873 in Mymensingh divisions.