BD reports zero Covid-19 death, 14 positive cases

City Desk :
Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 14 coronavirus positive cases.

“Bangladesh reported 2.27 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 616 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said .

During the period, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital is 13 while zero Covid-19 death was reported, the DGHS statement added, reports BSS.

The official tally showed that the virus killed a total of 29,476 people in Bangladesh and infected 20,45,334 so far.

The recovery count rose to 20,12,835 after another 25 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the last 24 hours, the statement added.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 98.41 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.44 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.

Among the 29,476 fatalities, 12,960 occurred in Dhaka, 5,911 in Chattogram, 2,167 in Rajshahi, 3,738 in Khulna, 993 in Barishal, 1,364 in Sylhet, 1,429 in Rangpur and 914 in Mymensingh divisions.

More than 1.47 million people worldwide were infected with COVID-19 between July 24 and August 20, a 63 percent increase over the previous 28 days and over 2,000 people died, a 48 percent decrease over the same period, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.

According to the WHO report, 1,470,201 COVID-19 cases and 2,059 deaths were reported worldwide during the four-week period.

Covid-19 cases were reported in 103 countries.

The virus “remains a major threat,” and the WHO is urging countries to maintain the Covid-19 infrastructure that they have put in place.