Bangladesh on Thursday (Jul 29) reported 15,271 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 239 lives.
The country reported 29.21 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 52,282 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The daily infection continued to exceed 10,000 mark for several days since Jul 6, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its daily statement.
An analysis of the official data suggests that 4,718 out of 15,271 Covid-19 positive cases were detected in Dhaka city in the past 24 hours while the virus claimed 42 out of 239 lives in the city during the same period.
The official tally showed the virus killed 20,255 people and infected 12,26,253 so far, it added.
The recovery count rose to 10,50,220 after another 14,336 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 85.64 percent recovered, while 1.65 percent died.
The DGHS said among the total 20,255 fatalities, 9,349 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 3,753 in Chattogram, 1,561 in Rajshahi, 2,690 in Khulna, 635 in Barishal, 736 in Sylhet, 1,000 in Rangpur and 531 in Mymensingh division.
