Bangladesh registers highest daily deaths from COVID-19, total cases surpass 65,000
Dhaka/Xinhua/UNI: Bangladesh recorded 42 new COVID-19 fatalities Sunday, the highest increase in a single day since the pandemic began in the country on March 8.
Nasima Sultana, a senior health ministry official, told an online media briefing in Dhaka, "42 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed in a 24-hour period, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country since March 18 to 888."
According to the official, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased to 65,769 with the daily rise of 2,743 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.
According to the official, 13,136 samples were tested in the last 24 hours in labs across Bangladesh.
During the past 24 hours, 578 more patients were released from hospitals and clinics, taking the number of recovered patients in the country to 13,903, said the official.
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