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18 more infected with coronavirus in last 24 hours
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![]() 18 more infected with coronavirus in last 24 hours Health Minister Zahid Malek said while addressing the online press briefing organized by the Health Directorate on Sunday. The minister said, one more person has died from the disease and three more people have also recovered. Director General of the Health Directorate Prof Doctor Abul Kalam Azad and Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora were present during this time. Bangladesh reported its first three cases of COVID-19 on March 8. The new coronavirus pandemic first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year. The deadly virus spread to 206 countries and territories, killing some 64,788 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it. As many as 1,203,959 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 247,301 people recovered from the virus, the website said.
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