Three with cold, fever die in Pabna

Three persons suffering from cold, fever and breathing problems died in Bhangua and Sadar upazila of on Friday.

The deceased were Ajhar Uddin, 45, of Bhangua upazila, James Subrata Goswami, 50, of Pabna town and Ashraf Uddin, 65, of Arifpur.

Civil surgeon Mehedi Iqbal confirmed the matter and said so far 178 people were found infected by COVID-19 and five died in the district.

Meanwhile, health authorities confirmed the detection of record 3471 new patients in the last 24 hours, raising the total cases to 81,523.

Since March, Covid-19 has claimed the lives of 1,095 Bangladeshis so far including forty-six people in last 24 hours until Friday.