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Bangladesh reports first COVID19 death

| @indiablooms | Mar 18, 2020, at 03:59 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh on Wednesday reported first death due to Coronavirus.

The patient, 70, was also suffering from a combination of diabetes, hypertension and kidney ailments, the disease control agency says, reported bdnews24.

The number of patients with coronavirus infections rose to 14 from 10 previously in the country, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, was quoted as saying by the news portal during a press conference.

The Coronavirus outbreak was first reported to have originated from China's Wuhan region.

The virus outbreak has been reported from different corners of the world now.

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