4 more test positive for coronavirus in country

Four more people have been found to be infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 48.

Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), confirmed this at a press briefing on Friday (March 27).

On Thursday, she said the number of confirmed cases rose to 44. Among those infected, 11 have recovered and five died.

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