A total of 13 new cases were identified with anthrax infection in three districts, including nine from Araihazar Upazila of Narayanganj, said officials of the Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research on Tuesday.
With these latest cases, the total number of confirmed anthrax infected patients in 16 Upazilas of 10 districts rose to 508.
Some 26 cases of anthrax infection were first detected in Sirajganj on August 19.
Other places from where anthrax infection has been reported are : Pabna, Tangail, Kushita, Meherpur, Manikganj, Shatkhira, Lalmonirhat and Rajshahi.
IEDCR director Mahmudur Rahman said they identified 57 people with anthrax infection from Pabna, 210 from Sirajganj, 26 from Tangail, 46 from Kushita, 69 from Meherpur, eight from Manikganj, one from Shatkhira, 75 from Lalmonirhat and seven from Rajshahi district.
The government declared a red alert across the country on August
31 over the spread of anthrax.
The health minister, however, said the red alert had been issued only for livestock.
