Bangladesh records 198 Covid deaths, 7,535 new cases in 24hr

Bangladesh records 198 Covid deaths, 7,535 new cases in 24hr

Covid-19 continued to take its toll on Bangladesh as the virus infected 7,535 new cases in the past 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Tuesday.

During the period, Covid-19 claimed the lives of 198 people, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

With the new cases and deaths, the country so far tallied 14,33,396 cases and 24,547 deaths.

DGHS, in the daily update, said that 39,278 samples were tested across the country in the past 24 hours and 19.18 per cent of them tested positive for COVID-19.

First coronavirus cases were detected in in Bangladesh on March 8, 2020, and the first Covid-19 death was recorded on March 18.

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