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Fakhrul Kabir’s wife also tested positive for coronavirus and is currently undergoing treatment at home.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Fazilatunnesa Indira, Secretary Kazi Rowshan Akter, and State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain expressed deep shock at the death of Fakhrul Kabir.
What’s the coronavirus situation?
Globally, the number of confirmed cases now stands at 7,097,717 and the death toll at 406,413 on Tuesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
Bangladesh confirmed its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 but it has been seeing a sharp rise in both new cases and deaths in recent weeks.
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So far, the country has reported 68,504 coronavirus cases and 930 deaths.
Altogether 2,735 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the last 24 hours after testing 12,944 samples at 52 laboratories as of Monday morning.
To curb the spread of the virus, Bangladesh announced a general holiday from March 26 to May 30 but public transports, government and private offices were opened on a limited scale eventually from May 31.
The educational institutions will remain closed until June 15 while the offices will remain open on limited scale for maintenance purpose.