Two officials of Islami Bank tested positive for coronavirus in the district on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 87.   Satkhira Civil Surgeon, said Dr Joyonto Sarkar, said Asadul Islam, 45, principal officer of Khulna Daulatpur branch Islami Bank and a resident of Kalaroa upazila and Shahin Hossain, 35, proncipal officer of Islami Bank Khulna Zonal office and a resident of Kaliganj upazila, were found infected with the virus.   Already, local administration have put the houses of the two bank officials under lockdown and red flags were also hoisted atop their houses.    A total of 87 people have so far been diagnosed with coronavirus in the district till Thursday.

Rana Dasgupta, prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, and his wife have been tested positive for coronavirus.   He has been suffering from fever and sore throat for the last several days, said the prosecutor himself.   Later, he and his wife went to Imperial Hospital and provided their samples for lab testing.   The report came out on Wednesday night, said Rana Dasgupta.   They have decided to take treatment at Chattogram Medical Centre.

Two people including the manager of Lohagara branch Agrani Bank have been infected with coronavirus, forcing the authorities concerned to put the bank under lockdown.   District Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen, said Agranai Bank manager Tarek Majnu was in home  isolation.   Lohagara Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mukul Kumar Moitra, said the bank was put under lockdown to contain transmission of coronavirus.   According to the Civil Surgeon office sources, a total of 67 people, including 10 physicians and 14 police members, have been infected with coronavirus in the district. Of them, 23 people including eight doctors have recovered while two people died from Covid-19.

Eight more were diagnosed with coronavirus in the district, raising  the total number of  such cases to 174.   Kishoreganj Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Mujibur Rahman said samples of 126 people were sent for test on Sunday and the results of 118 sample were found on Thursday. Of them, eight people tested positive.   Civil surgeon office sources said 14 people were infected with coronavirus in Sadar upazila, three in Hossainpur upazila, 16 in Karimganj upazila, 24 in Tarail upazila, four in Pakundia upazila, twelve in Katiadi upaizla, ten in Kuliarchar upazila, 42 in Bhairab upazila, five in Nikli upazila, six in Bajitpur upazila, 11 in Itna upazila, 24 in Mithamoin upazila and three in Astagram upazila.

Two youths were diagnosed with coronavirus in Nawabganj on Tuesday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the upazila to eight.   Nawabganj Upazila Health Complex’s Medical Officer Dr Hargobinda Sarkar Anup said one of them is 26-year-old and the other is 32.   Both of them returned home at Munshinagar of Churain union from Narayanganj recently, he said.   Among coronavirus patients in the upazila, five are from Churain.   The new patients will be sent to Dhaka’s Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital or Kurmitola General Hospital for treatment, said Dr Anup.   Altogether 76 samples were sent to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) for testing and eight of them were found to be positive, he added.   Bangladesh has so far confirmed 101 deaths and 2,948 coronavirus cases. 

Two more people including a minor girl tested positive for coronavirus in the district on Friday, raising the coronavirus cases here to five.

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