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Bangladesh sees one virus death, 273 cases in 24hrs

| Updated: November 30, 2021 19:20:50


Covid kills one, infects 237 in 24hrs

Bangladesh has registered a single new death from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,981.

The coronavirus caseload rose to 1,576,284 as 273 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8:00 am on Tuesday, according to the latest government data.

Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 225 infections. It also recorded the only fatality.

Nationwide, another 368 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,540,965, reports bdnews24.com.

As many as 19,802 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.38 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.76 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent.

Globally, over 261.58 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.20 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

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