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Bangladesh reports 11 COVID-19 deaths, 5,15,989 total recoveries
DHAKA, March 17, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh recorded 11 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 1,865 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 5,15,989 after another 1,510 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Eleven more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the
death toll from the pandemic to 8,608,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,62,752 as 1,865 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 24,275 samples were tested at 219 authorized laboratories across
the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours,7.68 percent tested
positive, while 13.0 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 91.69 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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