Physician, 20 others diagnosed with coronavirus in Narsingdi

Twenty-one more people, including a physician, were diagnosed with coronavirus in Narsingdi in the last 24 hours, taking the number of cases to 64 in the district.

Confirming the matter to Jago News, Narsingdi civil surgeon Dr Ibrahim Titon said samples from 54 have been tested on Wednesday. Of them, 21 have been detected with coronavirus.

Among the new cases, 16 people are from Sadar upazila and five from Raipura upazila, he added.

Meanwhile, ten more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, the highest death during the period, till Thursday, taking the death toll in the country to 60.

Besides, a record 341 people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, taking the number of such cases in the country to 1,572.