382 new Covid cases, 2 deaths in 24 hrs

The Bangladesh government recorded 382 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours. 

With this, the total infections stood at 15,82,368 and fatalities rose to 28,054, a health directorate press release said on Thursday.

As many as 19,623 samples were collected, and 19,624 tested in the past day.

During the period, 312 more patients recovered from the illness, taking the total number of recoveries to 15,46,664.

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 277,605,036 people and killed 5,396,088 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 248,789,840 across the world.

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