31 more coronavirus patients detected in Narsingdi

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NARSINGDI, April 22, 2020 (BSS) – Thirty-one more coronavirus patients have been detected in the last 60 hours in the district, raising the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the district to 165.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education & ICT) and chief of district coronavirus prevention cell Imrul Kayes said this while talking to BSS.

He said so far, a total of 569 samples of suspected cases have been collected and tested at the COVID -19 laboratory. Of them, 165 were diagnosed with coronavirus.

Of the total infected persons, five recovered patients have been released from the hospital. While the remaining 160 patients, have been kept in different isolation centers in the district including Narsingdi 100-bed General Hospital.

Civil Surgeon of Narsingdi, Dr Ibrahim Titon said an isolation center with 80 beds for coronavirus infected patients have been prepared at Narsingdi 100-bed General hospital.