Bangladesh has registered 1,280 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,963,493. Among the eight divisions, Dhaka recorded the highest number of cases, with 1,214 infections. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.10 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.48 per cent. Globally, over 542.92 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 6.32 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. 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 June 25, 2022 14:00 UTC