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Dhaka, Dec 20 (efe-epa) – The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh on Sunday crossed the 500,000-mark, authorities said, even as the densely populated South Asian country struggles to contain the pandemic.
The country recorded 1,153 new patients within the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 500,713.
The death toll from the virus rose to 7,280 with 38 fresh cases reported since Saturday, according to a statement from the Directorate General of Health Services.
With these numbers, Bangladesh became the 27th country to have at least half-a-million cases of COVID-19, according to data complied by United States-based Johns Hopkins University.
Experts have warned that the real situation in the country of over 160 million people could be much worse than what the official figures indicated.