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Covid-19 cases reach 2,326 with 199 new in Khulna division
KHULNA, June 21, 2020 (BSS) – The number of COVID-19 cases has surged to 2,326 in the division with 199 more new positive cases reported after testing samples at three laboratories here in the last 24 hours till noon today.
Health officials said the newly detected 199 COVID-19 patients include 146 in Khulna, 19 in Kushtia, 13 in Narail, 10 in Jashore, four each in Bagerhat and Chuadanga and three in Meherpur districts in the division.
“The total number of COVID-19 patients now stood at 2,326 in all the 10 districts of Khulna division,” said Assistant Director (Health) of Khulna division Dr. Ferdousi Akhter.
The district-wise breakups of the COVID-19 patients are 946 in Khulna, 106 in Bagerhat, 96 in Satkhira, 329 in Jashore, 123 in Jhenaidah, 64 in Magura, 94 in Narail, 347 in Kushtia, 180 in Chuadanga and 41 in Meherpur.
Meanwhile, a total of 608 have cured from coronavirus infections as 61 more people were discharged from the Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospitals after their recovery in all 10 districts of the division in the last 24 hours.
Khulna Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Rasheda Sultana said the average recovery rate of COVID-19 patients is 26.14 percent while fatality rate 1.33 percent in the division.
“Among the total 2,326 coronavirus infected persons, 294 are undergoing treatment at isolation units of different hospitals as 608 have recovered and 31 died while the rest of the patients are remaining in isolation at their respective homes in the division”, she added.
Three deaths from coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hour till this noon in the division. Among, a total of 31 deaths, 11 died in Khulna, four in Meherpur, three in Kushtia, three in Narail, two each in Bagerhat, Magura, Jhenaidah, Jashore and Chuadanga districts, the health official mentioned.
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