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Bangladesh: Third COVID 19 death reported 

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 23 Mar 2020

Bangladesh: Third COVID 19 death reported 

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday recorded third death due to COVID 19 whereas the total number of infected persons in the country stands at 33.

Six more infected cases have been reported.

Five people, out of the infected, have recovered.

Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, the director of The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research, or IEDCR, presented the latest update on the novel coronavirus pandemic in a virtual press briefing on Monday, reported bdnews24.

The infection, which originated from China's Wuhan region, has now reached over 150 countries in the world.