268 new Covid cases, 4 deaths in 24 hrs

The Bangladesh government recorded 268 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. 

With this, the total infections stood at 15,83,353 and fatalities rose to 28,060, a health directorate press release said on Sunday.

As many as 17,245 samples were collected, and 17,072 tested in the past day.

During the period, 247 more patients recovered from the illness, taking the total number of recoveries to 15,47,427.

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 279,908,330 people and killed 5,415,082 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 250,181,617 across the world.

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