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67 more test positive for coronavirus in Kishoreganj

Monday, 20 April 2020


A total of 67 more people were infected with coronavirus in Kishoreganj in last 24 hours, taking the number of coronavirus cases in the district to 141.

Among the infected people, 41 are physicians, 10 nurses and 42 staff members of different hospitals, said Civil Surgeon Dr Mohammad Mujibur Rahman on Monday, reports UNB.

Two of them –- one from Karimganj upazila and another from Hossainpur upazila -- have died.

The first coronavirus case was reported in the district on April 9 after the death of a man, aged around 46, in Karimganj upazila on April 6.

On Sunday, 23 more people tested positive for coronavirus in Bhairab, Astagram and Hossainpur upazilas of the district. Later, 44 others were found infected with Covid-19, raising the total number of coronavirus cases to 67 in a single day.