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Bangladesh reports 18 COVID-19 deaths, 4,92,887 total
recoveries
DHAKA, Feb 23, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh recorded 18 novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 399 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 4,92,887 after another 828 patients
were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press
release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said
today.
“Eighteen more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours,
increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,374,” the release
said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,44,116 as 399
new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 12,748 samples were tested at 214 authorized
laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 3.13 percent
tested positive, while 13.70 percent cases were detected from the
total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 90.58 percent patients have
recovered, while 1.54 percent died so far since the first COVID-19
positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.
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