COVID-19 claims eight more, infects 585 in Bangladesh

COVID-19 claims eight more, infects 585 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh logged an additional eight deaths and 585 infections from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on Monday, counting the death toll to 8,416 and infections to 546,801.

Among the deceased, four were male and four female patients.

A Directorate General of Health Services release came up with the latest COVID-19 data.

Some 13,570 specimens were tested in the timeline at 216 labs across the country.

Bangladesh had tested a total of 40,57,597 specimens as of March 1.

A total of 873 patients were declared free from novel coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours totalling the recovery to 497,797.

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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