<p>A former civil surgeon and an elderly man died from breathing problem in Khulna and Sylhet on Friday night and Saturday morning, reports UNB.</p><p>In Sylhet, MA Matin, 72, former civil surgeon of Moulvibazar, died at Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital around 9:00pm on Friday night.</p><p>He was hospitalised in the morning, said Sushanto Kumar Mohapatro, resident medical officer of the hospital.</p><p>His sample has been collected for coronavirus test.</p>.<p>Jahidul Islam, chief health officer of Sylhet City Corporation, said he was buried at Manikpir graveyard around 1:00am today following procedure.</p><p>In Khulna, Afzal Hossain, 70, who was undergoing treatment at isolation ward of Khulna Medical College Hospital with fever, cold related issues and breathing problem, died around 6:00am.</p><p>Confirming the matter, Shoilnedranath Biswas of the isolation ward, said that Afzal was admitted to the hospital on Thursday.</p> .<p>His sample has been collected for testing.</p><p>Bangladesh has seen a spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in recent weeks.</p><p>The cases crossed the 30,000-mark on Friday with the detection of 1,694 new cases in the span of 24 hours. During this period, 24 more people died from COVID-19 disease, taking the death tally to 432.</p>
<p>A former civil surgeon and an elderly man died from breathing problem in Khulna and Sylhet on Friday night and Saturday morning, reports UNB.</p><p>In Sylhet, MA Matin, 72, former civil surgeon of Moulvibazar, died at Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital around 9:00pm on Friday night.</p><p>He was hospitalised in the morning, said Sushanto Kumar Mohapatro, resident medical officer of the hospital.</p><p>His sample has been collected for coronavirus test.</p>.<p>Jahidul Islam, chief health officer of Sylhet City Corporation, said he was buried at Manikpir graveyard around 1:00am today following procedure.</p><p>In Khulna, Afzal Hossain, 70, who was undergoing treatment at isolation ward of Khulna Medical College Hospital with fever, cold related issues and breathing problem, died around 6:00am.</p><p>Confirming the matter, Shoilnedranath Biswas of the isolation ward, said that Afzal was admitted to the hospital on Thursday.</p> .<p>His sample has been collected for testing.</p><p>Bangladesh has seen a spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in recent weeks.</p><p>The cases crossed the 30,000-mark on Friday with the detection of 1,694 new cases in the span of 24 hours. During this period, 24 more people died from COVID-19 disease, taking the death tally to 432.</p>
