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Bangladesh reports 34 COVID-19 deaths, 1,79,091 total recoveries
DHAKA, Aug 23, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh today recorded 34 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 1,973 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 1,79,091 after another 3,524 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Thirty-four more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing
the death toll from the pandemic to 3,941,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 2,94,598 as 1,973 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 10,801 samples were tested at 91 authorized laboratories across
the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 18.27 percent tested
positive, while 20.42 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 60.79 percent patients have recovered, while
1.34 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
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