COVID-19 death toll rises to 4 in Bangladesh
Dhaka/Xinhua/UNI: The Bangladeshi government said on Tuesday that there has been one more death from COVID-19 in the country in addition to six more confirmed cases.
That brings the number of confirmed cases to 39 since the the COVID-19 pandemic entered Bangladesh on March 8.
Four people have died so far as a result of COVID-19.
"There has been another death associated with the COVID-19 in the country," said Meerjady Sabrina Flora, head of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the Health Ministry.
She told a news conference that "there are six new cases of COVID-19 in the country in the last 24 hours."
Of the total 39 cases in the country five patients have recovered, she said, adding that all the four deceased were in their 70s.
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