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Bangladesh reports 363 new COVID cases, 2 deaths in a day

Bangladesh reports 363 new COVID cases, 2 deaths in a day
Health

Bangladesh has recorded 363 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,016,946.

The death toll from the disease rose by two to 29,339 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Friday.

As many as 3,340 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 10.87 percent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 291 infections.

Another 260 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,960,047.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.18 percent and the mortality rate at 1.45 percent.

Globally, over 610.97 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.52 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.