22 new coronavirus cases in Hailakandi; tally increases to 289

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HAILAKANDI: 22 fresh COVID-19 novel coronavirus positive cases have been detected in Hailakandi district on Monday, taking the total tally to 289, including two deaths.

Health authorities here revealed that Joynul Islam Laskar 20, Abdul Salam Laskar, 32, Jaidur Rohman, 24, Santoo Das, 24, Gita Das, 38, Salimuddin Choudhury, 24, Salimuddin Barbhuiya, 34, Khaleda Begum Laskar, 3, Mostafa Ahmed Laskar, 27, Hanifuddin Barbhuiya, 23, Sadik Ahmed Laskar, 23,

Lili Begum, 23, Joynul Hoque Laskar, 22, Istaque Hussain, 26, Abida Fatima Laskar, 23, Izyear Hussain, 20, Afjol Hussain Laskar, 21, Sekh Azmir Hussain, 21, Marufa Begum Barbhuiya, 3, Amir Hussain, 24, Sahid Ahmed Barbhuiya,18, and Taslim Fathima Choudhury, 20, have all turned out to be positive.

Of the 22 COVID-19 infected persons reported on Monday, 14 were under institutional quarantine facility at Panchgram Town High School, one at DIET quarantine centre, three under home quarantine at Harishnagar Part 3, one at Purba Sonapur Bojantipur Part 2, one at Karicherra Shampur, one at Lakhirbond Part 1 and a GNM nurse at Matijuri.

Two COVID-19 positive patients viz., Mangoli Rani Das, 53, and Foijul Haque Barbhuiya, 65, breathed their last at SMC&H.

Of the 7,554 swab samples taken so far, 6,025 turned out to be negative, as per health bulletin released on Sunday evening.

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