Bangladesh on Friday recorded zero Covid-19 death while it reported 13 coronavirus positive cases.
"Bangladesh reported 0.58 per cent Covid-19 positive cases as 2,254 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 five while zero Covid-19 death was reported.
The official tally showed that the virus killed a total of 29,439 people and infected 20,37,102 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 19,87,686 after another 83 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the last 24 hours.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.57 per cent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.45 per cent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
Among the 29,439 fatalities, 12,944 occurred in Dhaka, 5,906 in Chattogram, 2,161 in Rajshahi, 3,735 in Khulna, 993 in Barishal, 1,360 in Sylhet, 1,429 in Rangpur and 911 in Mymensingh divisions. -BSS
