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DHAKA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh Thursday confirmed 341 new cases and 10 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total number of the cases to 1572 and fatalities to 60.
Senior Health Ministry official Professor Nasima Sultana in an online press briefing said that "the number of cases increased to 1,572, with 341 more cases reported in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Thursday."
She said the country's COVID-19 death toll rose to 60 on Thursday as they confirmed 10 more fatalities.
This is by far Bangladesh's biggest jump in death over a 24-hour period since the country announced the first fatality of COVID-19 patients on March 18.
She said samples from 2,019 persons were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh. Enditem
