Bangladesh logged an additional eight more deaths and 406 infections from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on Friday, counting the death toll to 8,337 and infections to 542,674.
Among the deceased, six were male and two female patients.
A Directorate General of Health Services release came up with the latest COVID-19 data.
Some 14,232 specimens were tested in the timeline at 214 labs across the country.
Bangladesh had tested a total of 39,22,489 specimens as of February 19.
A total of 536 patients were declared free from novel coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours totalling the recovery to 490,468.
Bangladesh on March 8 reported the first COVID-19 positive cases while the first death was logged ten days later on March 18.
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