Another police official, who tested Covid-19 positive earlier, passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka today.   

Deceased Hafijur Rahman (53), was a sub-inspector of Faridpur district police and son of late Rajob Ali Mollah of Ghasiari village under Shreepur upazila in Magura, reports our Faridpur correspondent.

He breathed his last around 3:00am while undergoing treatment at Impulse Hospital in Tejgaon of Dhaka, Md Alimujaman, superintendent of police in Faridpur, told our correspondent.

Hafijur Rahman was tested positive for coronavirus on June 28, and later was taken to the hospital as his physical condition deteriorated, the police official said.

He was buried at his village graveyard as per guidelines set by the World Health Organization, said Alimujaman.