Forty-four more individuals in the district were found newly-infected with coronavirus or Covid-19 in the daily tally revealed on Friday by health authorities.
Civil Surgeon Dr Sajjad Hossain confirmed the matter and said with this a total of 133 people had tested positive in the district.
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So far three people have died and 52 recovered from the virus, he said.
Meanwhile, health authorities confirmed the detection of record 2,523 new patients in the last 24 hours from across the country, raising the total cases to 42,844. Twenty three more people died from coronavirus, taking the death tally to 582.