A Covid-19 patient, undergoing treatment at Chandpur General Government Hospital, reportedly attempted suicide by jumping off the second floor of the hospital on Saturday. Witnesses said Beauty Begum, 35, wife of Khokon Mia of Algi village in Haimchar upazila, has been undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of the hospital for the past 11 days. Read: Covid patient ‘commits suicide’ in Satkhira When Beauty’s mother-in-law who was attending her went to the toilet around 6 PM, she jumped off the second floor of the hospital, injuring her right leg and backbone, said its medical officer, Omar Faruk. Though she is still Corona positive, Beauty was doing well, Faruk said, adding that she is now being treated for her bone injuries.

A man who had been suffering from cold and respiratory problem died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Saturday morning.

Another Italy-returnee Bangladeshi was hospitalised with fever on Monday and kept in an isolation ward at Matlab Uttar Upazila Health Complex.

While there is no scanner in any of the hospitals in entire Khulna division to detect coronavirus cases, the setting up of a five-bed isolation ward at one of them has failed to serve the original purpose.