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Bangladesh reports 25 COVID-19 deaths, 4,66,801 total recoveries
DHAKA, Jan 10, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh recorded 25 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 1,071 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 4,66,801 after another 737 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Twenty-five more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing
the death toll from the pandemic to 7,781,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,22,453 as 1,071 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 12,920 samples were tested at 181 authorized laboratories
across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 8.29 percent tested
positive, while 15.56 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 89.35 percent patients have recovered, while
1.49 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
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