The COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,047,155 after 12,198 people tested positive for the disease until 8 am Tuesday, according to the latest government data. Dhaka registered the most daily deaths and new cases among the eight divisions, logging 61 fatalities and 4,729 infections. Khulna, a recent hotspot, tallied 53 deaths and 1,588 cases, Chattogram 30 deaths and 2,343 cases and Rajshahi 27 deaths and 1,008 cases. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 84.91 percent and the mortality rate at 1.61 percent. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2021 11:26 UTC