Covid-19 situation: Sylhet caseload crosses 10,000, death toll at 177

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Our Correspondent :
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has climbed to 10,021 in Sylhet division, with detection of 56 fresh cases on Saturday.
Dr Himangshu Lal Roy, deputy director of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, said they identified 36 people with covid-19 on the day while the rest 20 were diagnosed with the virus at Sylhet University of Science and Technology.
GM Nurunnobi Azad Jewel, a Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology lecturer of the SUST, said a total of 58 samples were tested at the PCR labs set up in the university.
The fresh cases were spread around all four districts within Sylhet division.
A total of 5,899 covid-19 patients have so far made full recovery from the disease in Sylhet while 177 died from the virus.
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