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Covid-19: No death, 59 cases reported in 24 hrs

Bangladesh reported no COVID-19 death and 59 cases in the last 24 hours.

With this, the total fatalities are 29,131 and infections rose to 19,53,871. 

The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Thursday.

As many as 5,129 samples were collected and 5,150 ones tested in the past day.

During the period, 149 more patients recovered from the illness, taking the total recoveries to 19,04,920.

Bangladesh, however, first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020. 

The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 and then it spread to other countries.

To date, the epidemic infected 538,238,680 people and killed 6,326,990 across the globe, according to Worldometer, a website that compiles the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

However, the total number of people who recovered from the virus reached 511,534,430 across the world.