Bangladesh confirms second coronavirus death

Published : 21 Mar 2020, 16:13

Sahos Desk

Bangladesh on Saturday confirmed the second death from COVID-19.

Four more persons have been diagnosed with the virus in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number to 24, Health Minister Zahed Maleque said at a press briefing after an inter-ministerial meeting at Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Fifty people are now in institutional quarantine, he added.

Bangladesh reported the country’s first death from coronavirus on March 18.

On March 8, the IEDCR announced for the first time the detection of three Covid-19 patients in Bangladesh.

The first three Bangladeshis infected with coronavirus were recovered.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said the government will consider lockdown in some vulnerable areas of the country if the coronavirus situation turns worse in the upcoming days.

On the other hand, Bangladesh Army has been setting up two quarantine centres-- one at the HajJ Camp in Ashkona while the other at Diabari of Uttara-- to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of 11,398 people worldwide as of Saturday. It has so far infected 275,871 people around the world, according to worldometer.

Of them, 172,561 are currently being treated with 7,765 being in serious or critical condition.

So far, 103,310 cases had outcomes and of them, 91,912 (89 percent) recovered and 11 percent died.

COVID-19 is affecting 185 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan).

 

 

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