Coronavirus: 72 Cases Reported from 6 Districts

Seventy-two people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Bogura, Feni, Nilphamari, Bagerhat, Thakurgaon and Jashore in the last 24 hours till Saturday.

Fifteen policemen, two nurses, 13 health workers and a garment worker are among those newly-infected.

In Bogura, 14 people, including twelve policemen and a nurse of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, have been infected, raising the number of confirmed cases to 75 in the district.

Additional Superintendent of Bogura Police Sanatan Chakraborty said so far 21 policemen have been diagnosed with Covid-19.

In Feni, 31 people, including 13 health workers and three policemen, were diagnosed with coronavirus.

Dr Sharfuddin Mahmud, the coordinator of Feni Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said so far 61 people, including a doctor, have tested positive.

In Nilphamari, two people, including a 10-year-old girl, tested positive for Covid-19, said Civil Surgeon Ranjit Kumar Barman.

A total of 63 cases have so far been confirmed in the district.

In Bagerhat, two people, including a garment worker, have been diagnosed with coronavirus, taking the number of confirmed cases six.

In Thakurgaon, six people, including a nurse of Sadar Hospital, have been diagnosed with Covid-19, said Civil Surgeon Dr Mahfuzar Rahman.

The newly infected people were taken to the isolation unit of Sadar hospital.

Thirty-four people have so far been diagnosed with coronavirus in the district while 15 have recovered.

In Benapole (Jashore), 17 people have been infected with Covid-19, raising the number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 107.

Civil Surgeon Sheikh Abu Shaheen said the reports of 39 people came out on Saturday from Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) and 17 were tested positive.

Meanwhile, six people including a doctor have recovered.

The number of confirmed cases in Bangladesh stands at 20,995 while 314 people have died till Saturday.

Source: UNB