"In the past 24 hours, IEDCR has tested 153 samples and 1338 people have been tested so far. Total 49 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus. So, in the past 24 hours, another person has been infected," IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said at an online press briefing.
Meanwhile, she said, four more patients have recovered. Three of them are above 60 while the newly-infected patient is a female aged around 20.
"Among the four recovered people, two are aged above 60 and one is aged above 80. One of them received treatment at home," said Prof Flora adding that 19 coronavirus patients have recovered till date.
Thirty-six people have been released from institutional quarantine in the past 24 hours and 32 are still in quarantine and 62 are in isolation, she said.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque also joined the briefing and answered questions from media people.
He announced that 17 more labs will be set up for testing coronavirus infection.
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