KHULNA, June 23, 2020 (BSS) – With detection of 151 new more positive cases in last 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 infected patients in the division now climbed to 2,684, said a COVID-19 quarantine and isolation related daily report here today.
The report also said a total of 36 persons died of COVID -19 with two more death tolls recorded in the last 24 hours ending this noon.
“We received 278 samples in Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), other samples in Jashore and Kushtia laboratories in the last 24 hours till this noon of which 151 were tested COVID-19 positive,” said Dr Rasheda Sultana, Divisional Director of Health services .
Of the total new positive cases, 75 were detected in Khulna district alone , taking its total number of the reported cases to 1,148, the highest number in all ten districts in the division.
The newly detected COVID-19 patients include 23 in Jashore, 11 in Kushtia, nine in Chuadanga, eight in Magura, six each in Bagerhat and Narail, five each in Satkhira and Meherpur, and three in Jhenaidah districts in the division.
Health officials said the district-wise break-up of the COVID-19 cases reported 1,148 in Khulna, 118 in Bagerhat, 106 in Satkhira, 371 in Jashore, 132 in Jhenaidah, 72 in Magura, 106 in Narail, 395 in Kushtia, 189 in Chuadanga and 47 in Meherpur.
Dr Rasheda said the whereabouts of the persons, who came in contact with Covid-19 patients, were also brought to notice and they were asked to remain in home isolation for containing further spread of the lethal virus further.
She added that utmost emphasis has been attached to bring all the suspected people under quarantine, isolation and testing as these are being adjudged as important means of containing the community transmission of the virus.
Meanwhile, a total of 674 have cured from corona virus infections as 43 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.
She said the average recovery rate of COVID-19 patients is 25.11 percent while fatality rate 1.34 percent in the division.
“Among the total 2,684 corona virus infected persons, 328 are undergoing treatment in isolation units of different hospitals, 674 have recovered and 36 died while the rest are undergoing treatment in isolation at their respective homes in the division”, she said.
As two more death was reported on in last 24 hour till today’s noon, the total number of fatalities are 13 in Khulna, five in Narail, four each in Kustia and Meherpur, two each in Bagerhat, Jashore, Jhenaidah, Magura and Chuadanga districts.##