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Bangladesh reports 15 more deaths, 266 fresh cases from COVID-19
DHAKA, April 17, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 15 more deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest so far in a single day, and 266 fresh positive cases overnight.
“Fifteen more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll from the pandemic to 75,” Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque told a virtual media briefing at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in the city through joining it online.
The minister said 266 more people tested positive for the lethal virus in the country during the time which took the total number of coronavirus cases to 1838.
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