DHAKA, Oct 15, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 396 COVID-19 cases
while the coronavirus claimed overnight 9 lives.

  "The country reported 2.09 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 18,980
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 207 while six COVID-19 deaths were reported
during the same period.

   The official tally showed the virus killed 27,746 people and infected
15,64,881 so far, it added.

   The recovery count rose to 15,26,891 after another 523 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

   The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 97.57
percent recovered, while 1.77 percent died.

   The DGHS said among the total 27,746 fatalities, 12,103 deaths occurred in
Dhaka division, 5,629 in Chattogram, 2,033 in Rajshahi, 3,579 in Khulna, 943
in Barishal, 1,259 in Sylhet, 1,361 in Rangpur and 839 in Mymensingh
division.