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Two Covid deaths, 620 cases recorded in 24 hrs

Two Covid deaths, 620 cases recorded in 24 hrs
Health

Bangladesh has recorded 620 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,000,899.

The death toll from the disease climbed by two in 24 hours to 29,258, according to the latest government data released on Friday.

As many as 7,419 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 8.36 percent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 270 infections.

Another 1,765 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,933,259.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 96.62 percent and the mortality rate at 1.46 percent.

Globally, over 567.94 million people have been infected by the coronavirus and 6.38 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.