DHAKA, March 9, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 323 Covid-19 cases
while it recorded one Covid-19 death during the same period.

"The country reported 1.97 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 16,370 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 208 while no Covid-19 death was reported 
during the period.

The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,097 people and infected 
19,48,471 so far, the statement added.

The recovery count rose to 18,52,770 after another 2,824 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 95.09 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.

The DGHS said among the total 29,097 fatalities, 12,781 occurred in Dhaka
division, 5,860 in Chattogram, 2,139 in Rajshahi, 3,715 in Khulna, 981 in
Barishal, 1,326 in Sylhet, 1,416 in Rangpur and 879 in Mymensingh division.