Seventeen people including a physician tested positive for coronavirus in Lakshmipur on Thursday.
Lakshmipur Civil Surgeon Dr Abdul Gaffar said a senior physician of Ramganj Upazila Health Complex and four health workers of the hospital were found infected with the coronavirus.
The samples of 238 people were sent for tests and the results of 79 came back with 17 as positive.
A total of 19 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in the district till Thursday, he said.
