7 more die of Covid: DGHS

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UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh reported seven new Covid-19 deaths until early Friday, including six in Dhaka, taking the national tally to 8,182 since the pandemic began.
The country’s mortality rate stood at 1.52%, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Also, Bangladesh confirmed a daily infection rate of 2.79% with 435 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the official infection toll to 537,465.
The country saw a daily infection rate of 3.34% on January 24, 4.90% on January 14, 8.29% on January 10, 7.52% on January 4, and 8.18% on January 1.
So far, 3,724,473 tests,
 including 15,566 new ones, have been carried out since the first cases were reported on March 8.
The overall infection rate stood at 14.43%. However, 482,424 patients – 89.76% – have recovered so far, the DGHS said.
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