Thakurgaon records 29 more COVID-19 cases

Twenty-nine people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Thakurgaon in the last 24 hours till Wednesday, UNB reports.

The district’s confirmed coronavirus cases now stands at 850, said civil surgeon Mahfuzar Rahman.

The newly-infected patients include a doctor, nurses and health workers.

Besides, Rokeya Begum, 74, mother of deputy commissioner KM Kamruzzaman Selim died from COVID-19 at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, said additional deputy commissioner Nur Kutubul Alam.

On 9 August, the parents of DC Kamruzzaman tested positive for coronavirus. Khandaker Kashed Ali, father of the DC, is now undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital, he said.

So far, 14 people have died of COVID-19 in the district while 489 patients have recovered, said civil surgeon Mahfuzar Rahman.