16 more test COVID-19 positive in Naogaon

Sixteen more people were found infected with COVID-19 in Naogaon district in the last 24 hours till Tuesday.

Deputy civil surgeon Manjur Morshed said this while talking to newsmen on Wednesday, reports news agency UNB.

Of the infected people, five members of a nurse’s family in Raninagar upazila were found positive for coronavirus, he said.

The local administration of the upazila put the whole family under lockdown.

Besides, three people from Sapahar and Atrai upazilas, two each from Mahadebpur and Manda upazilas and one from Porsha were among those infected in the last 24 hours, he added.

A total of 17 people was found infected with the coronavirus in Naogaon district till Tuesday.