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Bangladesh reports 26 COVID-19 deaths, 5,14,479 total recoveries
DHAKA, March 16, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh recorded 26 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 1,719 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 5,14,479 after another 1,352 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Twenty-six more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing
the death toll from the pandemic to 8,597,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,60,887 as 1,719 new
cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 20,748 samples were tested at 219 authorized laboratories
across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 8.29 percent tested
positive, while 13.03 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 91.73 percent patients have recovered, while
1.53 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
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