Daily Covid infection rate falls to 2.65pc
Bangladesh's daily coronavirus infection rate fell to 2.65 percent yesterday.
The health authorities recorded nine deaths from Covid-19 and 418 fresh cases in the last 24 hours until morning.
So far, Bangladesh has confirmed 539,571 coronavirus cases, including 8,248 fatalities.
The mortality rate stood at 1.53 percent, according to a handout from the Directorate General of Health Services.
Until morning, 485,971 patients (90.07 percent) have recovered.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on March 18.
So far, 3,808,017 samples, including 15,776 in the past 24 hours, have been tested. The overall infection rate is 14.17 percent.
The government launched a countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive on February 7.
Doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that Bangladesh brought from India's Serum Institute have been sent to hospitals across the country to make the inoculation drive a success.
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