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In the last 24 hours, one person has died of Corona in the country. This virus has taken the lives of 29 thousand 328 people with him so far. And in the last 24 hours, another 230 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus. The total number of identified patients with them has reached 20 lakh 12 thousand 761.

This information has been informed in the regular news bulletin about Corona sent by the Directorate of Health on Sunday.

According to the notification, 4 thousand 659 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. 4 thousand 669 samples were tested. The detection rate against the test is 4.93 percent.

194 people recovered from Corona in 24 hours. So far 19 lakh 57 thousand 271 people have recovered.

The first infection of coronavirus was detected in the country on March 8, 2020. The Department of Health confirmed the first death in the country on March 18 of that year, 10 days after the first patient was identified. The highest death toll that year was 64.

The number of patients has been on the rise since June last year due to the spread of the delta variant. A maximum of 16 thousand 230 people were diagnosed with corona in one day on July 28.

On July 7, 2021, for the first time, the number of deaths due to corona in the country exceeded 200. Between August 5 and 10, 264 people died, the highest single-day death toll in the pandemic. After several days more than 2 hundred died.

Then on August 13, the number of deaths started to fall below 200. After being over 100 for a long time, the death toll dropped below 100 on August 28. After Delta, a new type of corona hits Omicron.

On April 20, the health department reported the death due to corona. After that, Bangladesh passed 30 consecutive days without death due to Corona. Recently the fourth wave of Corona has started but the situation is under control.