CHATTOGRAM, Aug 18, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 128 people were detected positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours after testing 822 samples in five COVID-19 laboratories in the district.
A total of 257 patients died till today due to coronavirus only in Chattogram district with today’s single death.
Among the newly detected patients, 103 are from Chattogram city and 25 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
The total number of infected patients now stands at 15,973 in Chattogram district, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.
Among the total infected people, 11,403 are the residents of the port city and the rest 4,579 are the inhabitants of different upazilas of the district.
The total number of recovered patients from coronavirus rose to 3,647 with the healing of 62 more people in the last 24 hours,