MANIKGANJ, Jan 27, 2022 (BSS) - Fifty three more persons were found positive for Covid-19 after testing 133 samples in Colonel Maleque Medical College PCR Lab in the last 24 hours till this morning, raising the total infections to 8633 in the district, showing the detection rate 39.84 percent.

  Civil surgeon office sources said, among the newly detected patients, twenty three are from Sadar upazila, four from Ghior, seven from Harirampur, eight from Saturia, four from Singair and seven from Shibalaya upazila.

  Medical Officer of Manikganj Civil Surgeon Office Dr. Rounok Mushrafe said the number of cured patients from the lethal virus stood at 8115.

  The death toll from the virus remained at 126 in the district, Dr. Rounok added.