Coronavirus cases rises
Coronavirus cases rises to five in Faridpur
After the detection of another coronavirus patient on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed cases rose to five in Faridpur.
Civil Surgeon Dr Siddiqur Rahman said five persons have so far tested positive in three upazilas – Char Bhadrason, Nagarkanda and Boalmari.
Faridpur Medical College Hospital tested 57 samples for the first time and confirmed one person with the virus from Char Bhadrason upazila on Tuesday, he added.
Char Bhadrason Upazila Nirbahi Officer Jesmin Sultana said the person tested positive for coronavirus is a woman from Baliadangi village in Sadar union.
Deputy Commissioner Atul Sarkar said they put Nagarkanda upazila under lockdown as three of the confirmed cases are from that upazila only.
Other upazilas in the districts are under supervision, DC added.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 2,948 coronavirus cases and 101 deaths.
Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rise to 27: IEDCR
Three more people have been tested positive in Bangladesh for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 27.
Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora announced this at a press briefing at IEDCR in Mohakhali on Sunday.
"IEDCR tested 65 samples in the last 24 hours ... it tested samples of 564 people so far. The total number of infected people is now 27 as three more people have been diagnosed with the disease. Among them, two are imported cases and another has come in contact with a previously-infected patient," she said.
Among the infected patients, Prof Flora mentioned, two are men and one woman -- all aged between 30 to 40.