<p>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.</p><p>The patient was identified as Md Mojaffar Hossain, 50, night guard of Bagachra area.</p><p>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.</p><p>Their houses have been placed in lockdown, Yusuf said.</p><p>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.</p>.<p>Neighbours said he fled after he came to know about his infection.</p><p>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.</p><p>In the last 24 hours, 38 more patients succumbed to the disease, raising the death toll to 1,343.</p>
<p>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.</p><p>The patient was identified as Md Mojaffar Hossain, 50, night guard of Bagachra area.</p><p>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.</p><p>Their houses have been placed in lockdown, Yusuf said.</p><p>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.</p>.<p>Neighbours said he fled after he came to know about his infection.</p><p>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.</p><p>In the last 24 hours, 38 more patients succumbed to the disease, raising the death toll to 1,343.</p>
