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Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1,544 fresh cases of nCoV, 26 deaths

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 20 Sep 2020

Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 1,544 fresh cases of nCoV, 26 deaths

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Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 1,544 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the COVID tally to 3,48,916, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a statement on Sunday.

Besides, 26 more people lost their lives due to the virus in the past 24-hour, increasing the death toll to 4,939.

The statement said that 11,591 samples were tested in the past day. With this, the number of total sample tests reached 18,21,270.

On a positive front, 2,179 more COVID-19 patients recovered, bringing the total recovery to 2,56,565.

Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8.