Moulvibazar, Aug 15 (UNB) – Four people including a BNP leader died of coronavirus in last 24 hours until Saturday morning in the district.
The deceased were identified as Nurul Alam Numan, general secretary of BNP district unit, Kanchan Chakrabarty, Debesh Datta and Shilpi Aktar.
Civil Surgeon Dr Tauhid Ahmed confirmed the matter.
So far, a total of 1,206 people were detected Covid-19 positive in the district among them 22 died, Dr said.
Another 54 people died suffering from cold, fever and breathing problems while 721 made recovery, Ahmed said.