Shawdesh Desk:

Another retired physician of Chattogram died from Covid-19 or novel coronavirus infection in a hospital of Port City on Sunday night.

Dr Lalit Kumar Dutta, was an ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist, breathed his last at Chattogram General Hospital around 11:00 pm while undergoing treatment.

Joint Secretary of Foundation for Doctors Safety Rights and Responsibility (FDSR) Dr Rahat Anwar Chowdhury confirmed the matter to media.

With this, 44 doctors have died of Covid-19 in the country so far and seven more had died with coronavirus symptoms, Dr Rahat Anwar Chowdhury said.