Two more tested positive with coronavirus in country

Two more persons have been tested positive with coronavirus in the country in last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 51, according to the IEDCR.

The death toll from the disease has remained unchanged at five, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said at an online media briefing on Tuesday.

“Six more people have recovered in the last 24 hours. Of all the people infected with the virus, 25 people have returned home,” Flora said.

IEDCR and other agencies have tested 140 samples in the last 24 hours, she added.


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