UNB, Thakurgaon
Thakurgaon logged 130 fresh Covid cases and one death in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The new cases of infections were detected after the test of 287 samples, said civil surgeon Dr Mahfuzar Rahman Sarkar. "The new cases have pushed up the district’s positivity rate to 45.29%," he said.
Of the total infected people, 65 were from Sadar upazila, five from Baliadangi, 19 from Pirganj, 31 from Ranishankoil and 12 from Haripur upazilas of the district. So far, some 3,865 people in Thakurgaon have been infected with the virus, while 95 have died of Covid-19.
Some 2,367 people have recovered from the deadly virus as of now. Meanwhile, the local administration has filed 26 cases and fined people Tk 12,700 for flouting lockdown rules on Sunday.
Besides, at the Covid-19 testing Laboratory of Thakurgaon Modern Sadar Hospital, patients were seen waiting in crowds for covid-19 tests on Sunday. Although many are not infected, there is a risk of being infected.
