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Bangladesh today (29 May 2020) reported 2,523 fresh coronavirus (COVID-19) cases overnight, the highest in a daily count, bringing the tally of infections to 42,844.
“The fatalities from the pandemic have also surged to 582 as 23 patients died 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 9,015 after another 590 patients, the highest in a single day, were discharged from the hospitals.
The health official also informed that the highest number of 11,301 samples were tested at 49 authorized labs across the country during that time.