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Bangladesh adds 2,949 new Covid-19 cases in a day, 37 deaths

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Published: 08:44, 10 July 2020   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
 Bangladesh adds 2,949 new Covid-19 cases in a day, 37 deaths

A total of 37 more people died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the number of deaths to 2,275 in the country.

Besides, a total of 2,949 more people tested positive for Covid-19 over the same period, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 1,78,443.

Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), disclosed the latest figures of deaths and infections in the daily online bulletin of DGHS on coronavirus situation in Dhaka on Friday (July 10).

According to DGHS, a total of 86,406  individuals have recovered from the disease so far since Bangladesh recorded its first Covid-19 case on March 8.

“We've carried out tests on 13,488 samples collected from across the country and 2,949 more persons have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection. The total number of infections has risen to 1,78,443” she said.

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