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Bangladesh logs 1,799 new virus cases, deaths rise by 37
Bangladesh has recorded 1,799 new cases of the coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 492,332.
Published : 14 Dec 2020, 10:04 AM
Updated : 14 Dec 2020, 10:04 AM
The death toll climbed to 7,089 after 37 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Monday, according to data released by the government.
The number of fresh recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period as another 2,949 patients recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the total to 423,845.
As many as 16,828 samples were tested at 140 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 10.69 percent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 86.09 percent while the mortality rate stands at 1.44 percent.
Globally, over 72.27 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.61 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.
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