Two more infected with coronavirus: DGHS

Two more persons have tested positive with coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 56, according to the DGHS.

Both are male -- one is 30-40 year old, the other between 70 and 80, said Dr MD Habibur Rahman, director of Management Information System, Directorate General of Health Services, during a press briefing in Dhaka.

"We are conducting investigation on how they got infected," the MIS director added.

A total of 78 people are being kept in isolation currently. Samples from 141 persons were tested in the last 24 hours.