A police constable of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has been tested positive for coronavirus after his death at Chittagong General Hospital.
The deceased was identified as Constable Md Noimul Hoque, 38, of Traffic Department (Bandar Division) under CMP.
Constable Noimul was admitted to the general hospital with coronavirus symptoms on Thursday and he died around 1pm Friday, said CMP Commissioner Mahbubur Rahman.
The sample collected from the deceased was tested on Saturday and it confirmed that he was infected with coronavirus, Mahbubur added.
Noimul was buried at his village home in Cumilla under police management after namaj-e-janaja at Dampara Police Lines the port city on Friday night, he said.
Constable Noimul is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son.
Altogether, 2,382 police members got infected with coronavirus as of Saturday while 361 of them made full recovery till date.