KHULNA, June 15, 2020 (BSS) – The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases reached 1,410 in the division with 54 more new cases were reported after testing their samples at three COVID -19 laboratories here in the last 24 hours till noon today.
Health officials said the newly detected 54 COVID-19 patients include 23 in Khulna, 14 in Jashore, six in Jhenaidah, four in Chuadanga, two each in Kushtia and Bagerhat and one each in Magura, Narail and Satkhira districts in the division.
“The total number of COVID-19 patients now stands at 1,410 in all ten districts of Khulna division,” said Assistant Director (Health) of Khulna division Dr. Ferdousi Akhter.
“We received 282 samples at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) and other samples in Jashore and Kushtia laboratories in the last 24 hours till this noon and 54 of those were found COVID-19 positive,” she added.
The district-wise breakups of the COVID-19 patients are 408 in Khulna, 77 in Bagerhat, 78 in Satkhira, 231 in Jashore, 99 in Jhenaidah, 55 in Magura, 61 in Narail, 224 in Kushtia, 144 in Chuadanga and 33 in Meherpur.
Meanwhile, the total number of recovered of COVID-19 patients rose to 419 with discharging of 14 more people after their recovery from the Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospitals in all ten districts of the division in last 24 hours.
“The percentage of recovery rate among all 1,410 coronavirus infected patients stands at 29.08 now in the division,” Dr. Ferdoushi said.
“Among the total 1,410 coronavirus infected persons, 222 are undergoing treatment at isolation units of different hospitals after the release of 419 recovered patients and 16 deaths has been reported while the rest of the patients are remaining in isolation at their respective homes in the division”, she said.
Besides, a total of 16 fatalities were reported so far in the division with four in Khulna, two in Bagerhat, two each in Magura, Narail and Meherpur, one each in Jashore, Kustia, Jhenidhah and Chuadanga districts.