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216 Covid cases, zero death recorded in 24 hrs

The Bangladesh government reported 216 Coronavirus cases and zero death in the last 24 hours.

With this, the total number of infections increased to 20,07,335 and the fatalities stood at 29,302. 

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

The new cases were found after testing 4,233 samples in the past day.

During the period, 720 more patients recovered from the illness, taking the total recoveries to 19,48,027.

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 589,168,898 people and killed 6,436,127 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 560,271,083 across the world.