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Bangladesh reports 32 COVID-19 deaths, 2,70,491 total recoveries
DHAKA, Sept 27, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh today recorded 32 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 1,275 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 2,70,491 after another 1,714 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Thirty-two more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing
the death toll from the pandemic to 5,161” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 3,59,148 as 1,275 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 10,685 samples were tested at 105 authorized laboratories across
the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 11.93 percent tested
positive, while 18.81 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 75.31 percent patients have recovered, while
1.44 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
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