COVID-19 patient flees after getting test report

A patient fled from his house in Bagachra area of Sharsha upazila, Jashore after a test report confirmed his coronavirus infection on Thursday, reports UNB.

The patient was identified as Md Mojaffar Hossain, 50, night guard of Bagachra area.

Hossain along with two other residents of the upazila including officials of Palli Bidyut Samity tested positive for COVID-19, said Yusuf Ali, health officer of the upazila.

Their houses have been placed in lockdown, Yusuf said.

Bagachra sub-health centre deputy assistant medical officer Motiar Rahman said he went to Mojaffar’s house to put it under the lockdown at 2:30pm but his house was locked.

Neighbours said he fled after he came to know about his infection.

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh crossed the 100,000-mark on Thursday, the 103rd day of first detection, after the health authorities announced detection of 3,803 new cases in the last 24 hours.

In the last 24 hours, 38 more patients succumbed to the disease, raising the death toll to 1,343.