10 including doctor, nurse contract COVID-19 in Habiganj

Ten people, including a doctor and a nurse, tested positive for coronavirus or COVID-19 in Habiganj, reports UNB.

Civil surgeon AKM Mostafizur Rahman said with the new cases, the district has 11 coronavirus patients.

A doctor and nurse of Lakhai upazila health complex were among those infected, he said.

Samples from 39 people were sent to Sylhet for coronavirus test on Sunday and among them, 10 were found to be positive, Rahman said.

All the infected patients will be shifted to Habiganj Hospital on Tuesday Rahman said.

Meanwhile, the death toll from coronavirus continued to rise in Bangladesh as nine more people died from the virus infection in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, taking fatalities in the country to 110.

Besides, 434 were infected raising the total cases to 3,382.