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Bangladesh reports 20 more COVID-19 deaths, highest 1,873 cases
DHAKA, May 23, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh today reported 1,873 fresh positive cases from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest single-day jump, increasing the virus caseload to 32,078.
“The fatalities from the pandemic also surged to 452 as 20 more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours,” 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 that a total of 10,834 samples, the highest in a single day, were tested during the period.
The health official informed that the recovery count also jumped to 6,486 in the last 24 hours after 296 patients were discharged from hospitals.
Among the total infections, 20.22 percent patients have recovered while 1.41 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8, the heath official said.
Bangladesh confirmed the first coronavirus death on March 18, ten days after the detection of the first COVID-19 cases.
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