DHAKA, Sept 25, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 818 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 25 lives.

  "The country reported 4.59 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 17,818 
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 Dhaka district is 514 while 11 COVID-19 deaths were reported 
during the same period. 

   The official tally showed the virus killed 27,393 people and infected 
15,50,371 so far, it added.

   The recovery count rose to 15,10,167 after another 965 patients were 
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

   The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 97.41 
percent recovered, while 1.77 percent died.

   The DGHS said among the total 27,393 fatalities, 11,937 deaths occurred in 
Dhaka division, 5,546 in Chattogram, 2,019 in Rajshahi, 3,547 in Khulna, 930 
in Barishal, 1,241 in Sylhet, 1,347 in Rangpur and 826 in Mymensingh 
division.