DHAKA, Jan 10, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh today reported 2,231 Covid-19 cases 
while the coronavirus claimed overnight three lives. 
 
 "The country reported 8.53 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 26,143 
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 1,871 while one Covid-19 death was reported 
during the period.
 
The official tally showed that the virus killed 28,105 people and infected 
15,95,931 so far, the statement added. 
 
The recovery count rose to 15,51,113 after another 208 patients were 
discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
 
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.19 percent Covid-19 patients 
recovered among the infected people while 1.76 percent died, the DGHS 
statistics showed.
 
The DGHS said among the total 28,105 fatalities, 12,277 occurred in Dhaka 
division, 5,697 in Chattogram, 2,066 in Rajshahi, 3,620 in Khulna, 949 in 
Barishal, 1,273 in Sylhet, 1,375 in Rangpur and 848 in Mymensingh divisions.