A nineteen-year-old young man was diagnosed with coronavirus in the district on Tuesday, taking the number of such cases in the district to 10.
Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Kumar Barman said the youth is a construction worker by profession and a resident of Dangapara village in Sadar upazila.
He came from Gaibandha district with fever and cold on April 15. He went to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for test the following day and the report was found on Tuesday.
The boy is now undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Nilphamari General Hospital.