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Bangladesh reports eight more deaths, highest 641 fresh positive cases from COVID-19
DHAKA, April 29, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported eight more deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) overnight and recorded the highest number of 641 fresh positive cases in a single day.
“Eight more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 163,” DGHS Additional Director General (administration) Prof Nasima Sultana told a virtual media briefing at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in the city.
She said the tally of infections has soared to 7,103 in the same period after another 641 people tested positive for COVID-19 from 4968 samples, the highest in a single day.
This is the biggest single-day spike in new cases since the first COVID-19 cases were detected in Bangladesh on March 8.
Nasima said 11 more COVID-19 patients were cured in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 150.
Bangladesh confirmed the first coronavirus death on March 18, ten days after the detection of the first COVID-19 cases.
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