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Bangladesh reports biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases

NITN | @notintownlive | 15 Apr 2020, 09:17 am

Bangladesh reports biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases

Dhaka/Xinhua/UNI: Bangladesh recorded 219 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the country's biggest daily increase since the detection of the first three cases on March 8.

"The number of cases increased to 1,231, with 219 more cases reported in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 am local time on Wednesday," health minister Zahid Maleque told journalists in an online press briefing.

He said health officials on Wednesday confirmed four more deaths including that of a doctor from COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 50.

According to the minister, samples from 1,740 persons had been tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.

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