Bangladesh adds 2,548 new Covid-19 cases in a day, 35 deaths

A total of 35 more people died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the number of deaths to 2,836 in the country.

Besides, a total of 2,548 more people tested positive for Covid-19 over the same period, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 2,18,658.

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 24).

According to DGHS, a total of 1,20,976 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 12,027 samples collected from across the country and 2,548  more persons have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection. The total number of infections has risen to 2,18,658” she said.

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