Two people, including a woman who were suffering from cold, fever and breathing problems, died in separate hospitals in the district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Rashida Begum of Badarpur in Sadar upazila and Nannu Mollah, 65, a farmer of Debpur village of Kalapara upazila.
Rashida Begum died at Sadar Hospital while Nannu in Kalapara Health Complex, said Civil Surgeon Dr Jahangir Alam Shipon.
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He said family members of the deceased have been directed to remain in home-quarantine.
Their samples have been collected for coronavirus said, the civil surgeon said.