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Bangkok (People's Daily) - Bangladesh on Saturday confirmed 3,531 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 112,306 since the virus was first detected in the country in March.

A total of 45,007 patients have recovered and returned home, and 1,464 have died from complications related to the disease, according to Bangladesh 's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The Bangladesh government issued a notice on June 15 to re-blockade the most severely hit areas of the country, and the army was deployed to strengthen the implementation of epidemic prevention measures. 

Bangladesh first reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 on March 8, and the number of new cases in a single day has continued to rise since then. Since the end of April, the government has gradually loosened control, and has allowed factories to resume production and stores to open if they follow prevention measures.