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JAMUGURIHAT: Two COVID patients from the Sootea area breathed their last within 24 hours. According to information, one Nurjamal Haque, a resident of No 1 Adhabheti, breathed his last on Wednesday.
Haque was suffering from fever since Tuesday and he breathed his last on Wednesday. When a medical team tested him, he tested positive. Similarly, one Phuleswari Sabar, a resident of Bukubhanga, Nagsankar under Sootea PS, breathed her last on Tuesday night. According to the information, she was also suffering from fever since a long time. She also tested COVID positive. The last rites of both the deceased were carried out as per COVID protocol. With this, the tally of COVID deaths in the Sootea area reached 8.