DHAKA, – Bangladesh today reported 860 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 23 lives. “The country reported 3.24 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 26,569 samples were tested in the past 24 hours,” Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.

In the past 24 hours, combined figure of coronavirus of Dhaka city and upazilas of Dhaka district is 466 while one COVID-19 deaths was reported during the same period.

The official tally showed the virus killed 27,510 people and infected 15,55,911 so far, it added. The recovery count rose to 15,15,941 after another 979 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 97.43 percent recovered, while 1.77 percent died.