DHAKA, Jan 15, 2023 (BSS) - Bangladesh today recorded zero Covid-19 death

while it reported 12 coronavirus positive cases.

"Bangladesh reported 0.47 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,528 samples
were tested during the last 24 hours," a daily statement of the Directorate
General of Health Services (DGHS) said here.

During the period, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka
district and the capital is 12 while zero Covid-19 death was reported.

The official tally showed that the virus killed a total of 29,441 people and
infected 20,37,368 so far.

The recovery count rose to 19,89,577 after another 172 patients were
discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the last 24 hours, the
statement added.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.65 percent Covid-19 patients recovered
among the infected people while 1.45 percent died, the DGHS statistics
showed.

Among the 29,441 fatalities, 12,944 occurred in Dhaka, 5,906 in Chattogram,
2,161 in Rajshahi, 3,735 in Khulna, 993 in Barishal, 1,362 in Sylhet, 1,429
in Rangpur and 911 in Mymensingh divisions.