One more person has been infected with coronavirus or COVID-19 in the country in last 24 hours.

With this, so far 49 people are tested positive of coronavirus infection in Bangladesh. Of them, 19 people have been cured from the disease.

Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the announcement while addressing the daily online press briefing from Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Monday.

Earlier on March 8, the country reported its first three cases of COVID-19.

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

The new coronavirus pandemic, first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year.