Two die from Covid,300 test positive

Two people died of Covid in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services.

The health directorate also reported 300 new cases of coronavirus after testing 4,176 individuals.

On Tuesday, the health directorate reported six deaths from the disease.

Of those reported dead yesterday, one was a man and the other a woman. One of them was aged between 31 and 40 years while other between 71 and 80. They were reported dead in Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions.

In the same 24 hours, 411 Covid-19 patients recovered from their illness. The overall recovery rate now stands at 97.17 percent.