15 Covid cases recorded in 24 hrs

The Bangladesh government reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours (from Wednesday 8:00am to Thursday 8:00am).

With this, total cases rose to 20,51,785 so far, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release today.

The new cases were found after testing 134 samples in the past day.

During the period, 18 patients recovered from the illness, taking the total recoveries to 20,19,398.

Bangladesh first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020 that killed 29,500 people in the country to date.

The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 and then it spread to other countries.