Narsingdi reports 1079 new COVID -19 cases, 16 deaths

A total of 1079 persons have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus after testing samples of 4955 people from six upazilas of Narsingdi district, BSS reports.

Narsingdi civil surgeon Mohammad Ibrahim Titan said 16 people have so far died of the disease till Monday.

The upazila wise infected patients are 736 in Sadar upazila,78 in Shibpur upazila, 93 in Polash upazila, 39 in Monohardi upazila, 57 in Belabo upazila and 76 in Raipura upazila.

Civil surgeon said upazila wise recorded death toll is- nine in Sadar upazila, two in Belabo upazila, two in Raipura Upazila , one in Polash upazila, one in Shibpurupazila, one in Monohardi upazila.

He also said 350 have recovered from the isolation centres and 40 patients are ungergoing treatment in hospital isolation and 676 are in the home isolation in this district .