Two more infected with coronavirus in country: IEDCR

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Two more infected with coronavirus in country: IEDCR

Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh on Tuesday confirmed detection of two more coronavirus patients, taking the total number of cases to 10.

Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora revealed the information at a regular press briefing in the capital.

Dr Flora said one of them has been infected with the virus after coming in contact with someone who had returned from abroad.

The other patient is in quarantine, the IEDCR director said, adding that both the infected are male.

In the last 24 hours, IEDCR tested 36 people. The total number of people in isolation is now 16.

On Monday, IEDCR reported three new cases and confirmed that the virus has started transmitting locally.

The global death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic climbed to 7,164 on Tuesday. The disease has so far infected 182,550 people around the world, according to worldometer.