BSS
  19 Oct 2022, 17:48

Two Covid-19 deaths, 300 positive cases reported in Bangladesh 

DHAKA, Oct 19, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh today recorded two Covid-19 
deaths and 300 coronavirus positive cases in 24 hours. 

"Bangladesh reported 7.18 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 4,176 
samples were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the 
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. 

In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in 
Dhaka district and the capital is 191 while zero Covid-19 death was reported during the period. 

The official tally showed that the virus killed a total of 29,410 people 
and infected 20,33,419 so far, the statement added. 

The recovery count rose to 19,75,817 after another 411 patients were 
discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the last 24 hours. 

From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.17 percent Covid-19 patients 
recovered among the infected people while 1.45 percent died, the DGHS 
statistics showed. 

Among the 29,410 fatalities, 12,938 occurred in Dhaka, 5,902 in 
Chattogram, 2,157 in Rajshahi, 3,735 in Khulna, 993 in Barishal, 1,351 in 
Sylhet, 1,428 in Rangpur and 906 in Mymensingh divisions.