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In the last 24 hours, 214 people have been diagnosed with corona infection in the country. Another covid patient died during this time.

According to the Department of Health, 214 new patients were detected by testing 4,115 samples in 24 hours till Wednesday (August 31) morning.

Against sample testing, the detection rate rose again to over five percent. The daily detection rate stood at 5.2 percent, which was 4.08 percent the previous day.

172 new patients were detected in the country on Tuesday, no death was reported for three days since Sunday. As such, the number of identified patients has increased slightly in the last one day.

The health department has given information about the recovery of 282 covid patients in the last 24 hours. 19 lakh 56 thousand 483 people have recovered with them so far.

With new patients, the total number of Covid patients detected in the country has increased to 20 lakh 11 thousand 946. A total of 29 thousand 323 people died among them.

The first infection of coronavirus was detected in Bangladesh on March 8, 2020. A record 16,230 new cases were detected in the country on July 28 last year amid widespread spread of the delta variant.