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13 more test COVID-19 positive in Khulna division
KHULNA, May 14, 2020 (BSS) -Thirteen more persons were diagnosed as coronavirus positive after testing their samples at the three COVID -19 laboratories in the division in last 24 hours till 12noon today, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 254. The newly detected 13 COVID-19 patients include 11 in Chuadanga, one each in Bagerhat and Narail districts.
“We received 94 samples of suspected coronavirus patients at KMC in Khulna and other samples in Jashore and Kustia laboratories in the last 24 hours and 13 of those were found COVID-19 positive,” said Assistant Director (Health) of Khulna division Dr. Ferdousi Akther.
Three COVID-19 laboratories are now operating at Khulna Medical College (KMC) in Khulna, ‘Genome Center’ of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) and Kushtia General Hospital, she said.
She informed that the total number of infected patients rose to 254 since April 7.
Of the total patients, 19 are in Khulna, seven in Bagerhat, two in Satkhira, 78 in Jashore, 43 in Jhenaidah, 19 in Magura, 15 in Narail, 22 in Kustia, 43 in Chuadanga and six in Meherpur.
Of them, so far, 53 patients are undergoing treatment at the isolation ward, 68 were released after recovery and the rest of the patients are taking treatment at their respective homes.
The cured persons include ten in Khulna, two in Bagerhat, 33 in Jashore, one of Jhenaidah, four of Magura, one of Narail, 15 of Kustia and two of Chuadanga districts in Khulna division, Dr. Ferdousi said.
The six COVID-19 infected patients have already died, of them, two are in Khulna, one each of Bagerhat, Chuadanga, Narail and Meherpur districts, she added.
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