Five more test positive for coronavirus in Madaripur

Five more people tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Madaripur district on Saturday, taking the total confirmed cases here to 18, reports UNB.

Shafiqul Islam, civil surgeon of the district, said samples of 36 suspected people were sent to Dhaka for test in the last 24 hours till Saturday noon.

"Five of them tested positive for the virus."

Three of the patients are from Shibchar upazila while the two others are from Kalkini and Sadar upazilas, he added.