Staff Reporter: Bangladesh reported first coronavirus death in the country.
Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said it in a press briefing in her office at Mohakhali in Dhaka.
The patient was over 70 years old who was suffering from multiple pre-existing complications like kidney ailments, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), high blood pressure, heart problems and diabetes.
She said while talking to journalists during a press briefing at IEDCR.
The director said that he had heart stinting done previously.
She said that the current number of coronavirus affected people in the country in 14, the director said. A total of 16 people have been kept in isolation while 42 are kept in institutionalised quarantine, she added.
IEDCR has tested samples from 49 people in the last 24 hours. So far the institution has tested 341 samples, she added.
