Nearly 200 test positive for Covid in Chapainawabganj

Map of Chapainawabganj

As many as 196 people have tested Covid-19 positive in the past 24 hours in Chapainawabganj district, officials said on Wednesday morning.

Chapainawabganj civil surgeon Zahid Nazrul Islam said that the samples of 364 people were tested. Of them, 196 were found Covid-19 positive.

With the new coronavirus patients, a total of 2,033 people have been found infected with the virus and 37 died in the district to date.

Meanwhile, the lockdown, which has been imposed in the country due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, continued for the ninth straight day in the district on Wednesday.

All vehicles stayed off the roads, though the restrictions were waived for ambulances, goods-laden vehicles and cars carrying patients to hospitals.

Restrictions on vehicular movement prevailed on Rajshahi-Naogaon border also, UNB reports.
On 24 May, the Chapainawabganj district administration imposed a week-long lockdown to break the chain of the virus transmission.

On 31 May, the authorities extended the lockdown by one more week.