Munshiganj coronavirus cases rise to 13

FT ONLINE

A coronavirus patient has been detected in Louhajang upazila on Monday morning, raising the total number of cases to 13 in Munshiganj.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) confirmed the positive case in the morning.

The local administration has put the house of the new patient under lock down at Nagerhat village.

Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr Shamim Ahmmed said the patient returned home from Narayanganj with fever and headache.

His samples were later sent to IEDCR for test.

Twenty-four samples were collected from the upazila. Among them, 18 turned out to be negative and one came out positive. The other test results are yet to come.