Staff Reporter: Another person detected as coronavirus positive patient in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the number of the infected cases to 49, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said it on Monday.
“IEDCR and other agencies have tested 153 samples in the last 24 hours. The new case is a woman in her 20s,” said Professor Dr. Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Director of the IEDCR at a press briefing in the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Dhaka.
Besides, four more people including an 80-year-old infected with the coronavirus have recovered in last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered cases to 19, said the IEDCR official.
Among the four recovered patients, one is a doctor and another person a nurse she added.
The IEDCR has tested 304 persons in last 72 hours and tested samples of 1338 across the country.
