DHAKA, March 17, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported no COVID-19 death for

third consecutive day in the past four months as the country recorded zero
coronavirus death for first time in late November last year since the
pandemic began on March 8, 2020.

"Zero COVID-19 death was posted for the first time on November 20, last year
after the deadly virus was detected in the country," Directorate
General of Health Services (DGHS) sources said.

The country today reported 233 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, it added.

"The country reported 1.69 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 13,791 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 161 while no Covid-19 death was reported
during the period.

The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,112 people and infected
19,50,357 so far, the statement added.

The recovery count rose to 18,67,161 after another 1,561 patients were
discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 95.73 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.

As of March 16 data, among the total 29,112 fatalities, 12,791 occurred in
Dhaka division, 5,861 in Chattogram, 2,141 in Rajshahi, 3,716 in Khulna, 982
in Barishal, 1,326 in Sylhet, 1,416 in Rangpur and 879 in Mymensingh
divisions.