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Bangladesh reports 10 COVID-19 deaths, 4,80,216 total recoveries
DHAKA, Feb 1, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh recorded 10 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 443 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 4,80,216 after another 472 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Ten more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death
toll from the pandemic to 8,137,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,35,582 as 443 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 12,475 samples were tested at 206 authorized laboratories
across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 3.55 percent tested
positive, while 14.62 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 89.66 percent patients have recovered, while
1.52 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
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