Bangladesh on 08 June 2020 reported 42 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in a daily count, raising the death toll from the pandemic to 930.
“The tally of infections has also surged to 68,504 after 2,735 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the last 24 hours,” DGHS Additional Director General Prof Nasima Sultana told a virtual media briefing at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in the city.
She said the recovery count rose to 14,560 after another 657 patients were released from hospitals in the same period.
She also informed that a total of 12,944 samples were tested at 52 authorised labs across the country during that time.