DHAKA, Dec 31, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 512 Covid-19 cases
while the coronavirus claimed overnight two lives.

     "The country reported 2.74 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 18,673
samples were tested in the past 24 hours," Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.

     In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus in Dhaka city
and upazilas of the district is 429 while one Covid-19 death was reported
during the period.

     The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,072 people and
infected 15,85,539 so far, the statement added.

     The recovery count rose to 15,49,101 after another 290 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

     From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.70 percent Covid-19 patients
recovered among the infected people while 1.77 percent died, the DGHS
statistics showed.

     The DGHS said among the total 28,072 fatalities, 12,261 occurred in
Dhaka division, 5,689 in Chattogram, 2,061 in Rajshahi, 3,619 in Khulna, 949
in Barishal, 1,273 in Sylhet, 1,373 in Rangpur and 847 in Mymensingh
divisions.