Dhaka, April 10 -- Dr AKM Rafique Ahammed, director general of the Department of Environment, has died from the Covid-19 illness.

He died while undergoing treatment at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital in the early hours of Saturday.

Ahammed underwent testing in the last week of March after showing Covid symptoms, said Farid Ahmed, director of the environment department. Ahammed was admitted to the hospital after testing positive, bdnews24.com reports.

"The DG was placed on life support. He died at 4:14 am after his condition deteriorated."

Ahammed is expected to be buried in Chattogram after the conclusion of a funeral prayer for him.

Many officials of the environment department have also been infected with the virus, Farid said.

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