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21 more test COVID-19 positive in Khulna division
KHULNA, May 29, 2020 (BSS) -Twenty-one more persons were diagnosed coronavirus (COVID-19) positive after testing their samples at the three COVID -19 laboratories in the division in last 24 hours till 12 noon today, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 476.
The newly detected 21 COVID-19 patients include 11 in Khulna, eight in Kustia, one each in Chuadanga and Meherpur districts under the division.
“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 21 of those were found COVID-19 positive,” said Assistant Director (Health) of Khulna division Dr. Ferdousi Akther.
She informed that the total number of infected persons rose to 476 after testing their samples at the three regional COVID-19 laboratories till 12 noon today, since April 7.
Of the total 476 patients, 75 are in Khulna, 25 in Bagerhat, 40 in Satkhira, 100 in Jashore, 47 in Jhenaidah, 21 in Magura, 22 in Narail, 47 in Kustia, 86 in Chuadanga and 13 in Meherpur, she said.
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 476 coronavirus infected patients, 92 are undergoing treatment at isolation units of different hospitals after release of 197 recovered patients and eight deaths while the rest of the patients are remaining in isolation at their respective homes in the division.
Meanwhile, blood plasma therapy treatment began for coronavirous patients in Khulna last night.
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