Chapainawabganj virus cases rise to 11

Nine people, including two health workers, were infected with highly infectious coronavirus in Chapainawabganj, raising the number of such cases in the district to 11, reports UNB.

Civil surgeon Zahid Nazrul Chowdhury said reports of 84 people were received from Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on Wednesday and found nine of them infected.

Of those, three people are from Chapainawabganj sadar, three from Nachol, two from Bholahat and one from Shibganj upazilas of the district, he added.

All of them were sent on home quarantine, he added.

The country has so far confirmed 186 deaths and 11,719 coronavirus cases.