Sun News Desk: Bangladesh government has reported zero Covid-19 death and at the same time 175 cases recorded in the last 24 hours.

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The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Saturday (August 19).

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country is currently 29,316 and With the new infections, the total number of Coronavirus cases rose to 20,10,323, the release added.

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The new cases were found after testing 4,540 samples across the country in the last 24 hours.

During the period, 329 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the illness. And the total number of recoveries now stands at 19,54,350, said the release.

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Note that Bangladesh detected its first coronavirus patient on 8 March in 2020 and recorded its first death of the disease on 18 March that year.

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