Bangladesh reports 17 more COVID-19 deaths, 528 cases in 24 hrs

People wait in a queue for coronavirus tests at Mugda General Hospital

People wait in a queue for coronavirus tests at Mugda General Hospital 
Sazid Hossain

Seventeen more patients died of coronavirus and 528 people were newly diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a press release made the disclosure on Wednesday.

As many as 8,072 people have died of coronavirus while 533,444 people have been infected so far, according to DGHS.

A total of 15,722 samples were tested. Of them, 528 samples were found to be positive for coronavirus.

Bangladesh first detected coronavirus on 8 March and a patient first died on 18 March.