Staff Reporter :
Five people, including a minor boy, died with corona-like symptoms in Sylhet and Rajshahi and Narayanganj in the last 24 hours.
In Narayanganj, three more people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours until Sunday in the district.
With this, a total of 42 people died in the district so far, said Civil Surgeon’s office.
Identity of two others could not be known yet.
Samples of 224 people were collected for coronavirus test in last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, five more people, including a child, died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Sunday, pushing up the death toll in the country to 145.
Besides, 418 more people tested positive for the virus during the period, taking the number of such cases in the country to 5,416.
In Rajshahi, an 80-year-old hawker died from the coronavirus in a Rajshahi hospital.
The hawker, Sobhan, tested positive and went to four hospitals for treatment.
Sobhan breathed his last around 8 am at Rajshahi Infectious Disease Hospital on Sunday.
The man hailed from Gaopara village in Bagha Upazila, Rajshahi. He tested positive for the coronavirus on Apr 20. How he was infected is still unknown, said Saiful Ferdous, deputy director of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
Sobhan received treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for four days from Apr 17 and then was shifted to the Infectious Disease Hospital on Apr 20. He went to Bagha Upazila Health Complex and another private hospital earlier.
The wife and son of the hawker are now quarantined at the Infectious Disease Hospital. At least 42 health workers, including 21 doctors and 12 nurses, have been quarantined as they were exposed to the patient.
Sobhan used to sell bamboo products, said Asaduzzaman, Bagha Upazila health and family planning officer. Recently, he went to the nearby villages to sell the products and fell sick afterwards.
In Sylhet, a five-year-old boy died from coronavirus at the isolation unit at Sylhet Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, raising the death toll in the district to three.
The baby, 5, was a resident of Chandichara in Chunarughat upazila.
Health Division Assistant Director Dr Anisur Rahman said the boy had been suffering from liver problems and later infected with coronavirus.
He was admitted to the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus from MAG Osmani Medical College on April 24, the doctor added.
