Bangladesh imposes seven-day lockdown after record COVID-19 surge
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The Bangladesh Government on Saturday decided to impose a week-long nationwide lockdown from Monday as COVID-19 cases and deaths surged across the country. Bangladesh on Friday logged 6,830 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest count in a day, taking the tally of infections to 6,24,594. The death toll climbed by 50 in 24 hours to 9,155, according to data released by the government.