The 70-year-old was infected after coming into contact with an overseas returnee, Malik said at a media briefing in Dhaka on Saturday. The total number of the infected people is 24, with four new cases reported in the last 24 hours. After the global outbreak of novel coronavirus, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research reported Bangladesh’s first cases of the coronavirus on Mar 8 after two men and a woman tested positive for the virus. Bangladesh reported the first death on Mar 18: he was also 70 years old and was infected after coming into contact with his US returnee daughter. Some were overseas returnees and some came into contact with the returnees.

Source: bd News24 March 21, 2020 08:26 UTC