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Another British-Bangladeshi dies from coronavirus

By Firoz Ahmed Bipul, UK 

Another British national of Bangladeshi origin has died from the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom (UK).

The 66-year-old breathed his last at The Royal London Hospital early Friday. 

The sexagenarian underwent treatment in the hospital for eight days with the coronavirus infection.

According to a reliable source, his hometown was in Bangladesh's Sylhet, and lived in Tower Hamlets of East London.

Meanwhile, panic gripped the Bangladesh community in East London in the death of a British-Bangladeshi man from COVID-19.

Earlier, a 60-year-old Briton of Bangladeshi origin died from the virus in Manchester of UK. 

With two British-Bangladeshis, UK death toll from the virus reached 11.

The novel coronavirus, so far, claimed 5,436 lives, including 3,189 in mainland China, and infected around 145,634 people worldwide. As many as 72,529 people recovered from the virus, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles new case numbers of COVID-19.