DHAKA, Jan 19, 2023 (BSS) - Bangladesh today recorded zero Covid-19 death 
while it reported nine coronavirus positive cases.
 
"Bangladesh reported 0.32 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,823 samples were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here. 

During the period, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka 
district and the capital is seven while zero Covid-19 death was reported.

The official tally showed that the virus killed a total of 29,441 people and infected 20,37,408 so far. 

The recovery count rose to 19,90,396 after another 230 patients were 
discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the last 24 hours, the 
statement added. 

From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.69 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.45 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.

Among the 29,441 fatalities, 12,944 occurred in Dhaka, 5,906 in Chattogram, 2,161 in Rajshahi, 3,735 in Khulna, 993 in Barishal, 1,362 in Sylhet, 1,429 in Rangpur and 911 in Mymensingh divisions.