Elderly man dies from Covid-19
Another coronavirus patient, aged around 70, has died while six new cases have been confirmed by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
With this, the number of deaths from Covid-19 stands at four and infected at 39 in the country. Of the infected, five were recovered.
Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of IEDCR, shared the updates in her regular briefing to the media through videoconference yesterday.
The first coronavirus case was confirmed in the country on March 8 and the first death was reported on March 18.
Besides, a Bangladeshi housewife, aged around 38, died after being tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday in New York, reports Somoy TV.
"In the past 24 hours, the IEDCR has tested 92 samples while the total number of samples tested stands at 712. So far, 39 patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection. So, in the past 24 hours, six more people have been diagnosed with the disease," Meerjady said at the briefing.
Among the six new infected people, one has died taking the death toll to four, she added.
She also said that the dead was aged above 70 and undergoing treatment at a hospital for a long time.
The IEDCR director said among the other five infected people, one is an imported case from Saudi Arabia and the rest have been infected locally through coming in contact with previously diagnosed COVID-19 patients.
According to government data, a total 27,180 people are now in home quarantine while 40 people are in isolation and 46 in institutional quarantine.
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