Sixteen more people died at the Corona unit of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in the last 24 hours. Eight of them died from the disease and the rest eight died with its symptoms.
The deceased are Abdul Awal, 72, Nurul Huda, 65, Rahima Khatun, 50, Naresh Chandra, 96, Monir Hossen, 50, Hamida Khanom, 85, Abdul Aziz, 70, Habibullah, 58, Shakuntola, 50, Samsul Islam, 65, Shamsuddin, 70, Motaleb, 60, Sufia Khatun, 70, Kachim Uddin, 70, Abdur Rahman, 78 and Rashida, 60.
Dr Mohiuddin Khan Mun, Focal Person of the Corona unit of MMCH, confirmed the deaths to Jago News on Saturday morning.
He said, 490 people are receiving treatments at the MMCH’s Corona unit. Of them, 22 people are in ICU. 85 new patients were admitted to the hospital and 53 more people were discharged.