Dhaka, Jul 10(UNI) Bangladesh reported fresh 2,949 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 37 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the country COVID-19 tally to 178,443 and death toll to 2,275.
Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of the Health Services, informed about the new cases at daily health bulletin on Friday.
She said a total of 77 labs across the country tested 13,488 samples in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of sample tests to 918,272 in the country.
On a positive front, some 86,406 coronavirus patients have recovered, with 1,862 recovered in the past 24 hours.
Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8. Since then the country has been witnessing sharp increase in the infections and deaths.
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