The deceased was identified as Dr Nurul Haque, 44, hailing from Maheshkhali upazila in Cox’s Bazar. He was a senior resident medical officer of Chattogram Metropolitan Hospital.
Confirming his death, the hospital’s executive director Fazle Akbar said that he was diagnosed with coronavirus several days ago and undergoing treatment at the ICU for the last three days.
He breathed his last around 6:20am.
Dr Nurul Haque served the hospital for the last 19 years, he said adding that he was a 38th batch student of Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
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Bangladesh on Wednesday saw the highest-ever jump in coronavirus cases in a single day again as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 4,008 new patients in the span of 24 hours, increasing the total number of cases to 98,489.
During the same period, 43 more patients died from the virus infection, taking the death toll to 1,305.
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