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COVID-19: Bangladesh reports 13 more cases in 24hrs
Special Correspondent
Disease
2024-05-17, 6:57pm
COVID-19: Bangladesh reports 13 more cases in 24hrs
Dhaka, May 17 - Bangladesh reported 13 more COVID-19 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.
With the new numbers, the country's total COVID-19 caseload rose to 2,050,223, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,494 as no new fatalities were reported during the period.
The daily case test positivity rate was 4.89 percent as 266 samples were tested, said the DGHS.
The recovery and death rates stood at 98.41 percent and 1.44 per cent, respectively.-UNB