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Zero Covid death, 88 cases recorded in 24 hrs

The Bangladesh government reported zero COVID-19 death and 88 cases in the last 24 hours.

With this, the total number of fatalities remained at 29,425, and infections rose at 20,35,745. 

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

The new cases were found after testing 2,706 samples in the past day.

During the period, 441 patients recovered from the illness, taking the total recoveries to 19,82,114.

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 636,981,223 people and killed 6,602,142 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 616,346,385 across the world.