Dhaka: Bangladesh has confirmed 266 new cases of the novel coronavirus, raising the tally of total affected persons 1838 in the country, Health minister said.
The death toll from the virus rose to 75 after fifteen more patients died in the last 24 hours, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque during an online briefing on Friday afternoon..
This is the highest number of deaths due to Covid-19 in a day in the country since the virus was first detected in Bangladesh on March 8.
The tally of recovery reached at 58 as nine more patients recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 2,190 samples were tested, he said
Coronavirus is affecting 210 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.
