KHULNA , May 27, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 162 coronavirus (COVID-19) patients were released after their recovery among a total of 440 infected people in all ten districts of Khulna division till 12noon today.
“The percentage of recovered coronavirus patients stands at 36.82 in the division,” Assistant Director (Health) of Khulna division Dr. Ferdousi Akther told BSS today.
“We received 188 samples of suspected coronavirus patients at KMC in Khulna and other samples in Jashore and Kustia laboratories in the last 24 hours and eight of those were found COVID-19 positive,” she also said.
The newly detected eight COVID-19 patients include three in Khulna, two in Satkhira and three in Jashore districts.
She informed that the total number of infected persons rose to 440 after testing their samples at the three regional COVID-19 laboratories till 12 noon today, since April 7.
Of the total 440 patients, 59 are in Khulna, 25 in Bagerhat, 36 in Satkhira, 100 in Jashore, 47 in Jhenaidah, 20 in Magura, 22 in Narail, 35 in Kustia, 85 in Chuadanga and 11 in Meherpur, she said.
At the same time, a total of eight fatalities were reported so far with three in Khulna, two in Bagerhat, one each in Chuadanga, Narail and Meherpur districts in Khulna division.
Among the total 440 coronavirus infected patients, 86 are undergoing treatment at isolation units of different hospitals after release of 162 recovered patients and eight deaths while the rest of the patients are remaining in isolation at their respective homes in the division.