Bangladesh records 3 more COVID-19 deaths, as 54 new cases confirmed

DHAKA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi government has confirmed three more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 20, a senior health official said Wednesday.

According to the official, Bangladesh has so far 218 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

There were 54 new cases of the COVID-19 in the country in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Wednesday, said Prof. Meerjady Sabrina Flora, head of the country's Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the Health Ministry, at an online press conference.

"The number of cases increased to 218, with 54 more cases reported in the last 24 hours," she said.