CHATTOGRAM, Aug 24, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 105 people were detected positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours after testing 765 samples in five COVID-19 laboratories in the district.
Among the newly detected patients, 80 are from Chattogram city and 25 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
The total number of infected patients now stands at 16,543 in the district, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.
Experts opined that the infected cases of the deadly virus have increased again in Chattogram.
The rate of infection and the number of infections has increased compared to the last few days.
The infection rate is 13.62 percent among the total detected cases in the past 24 hours while it was 10.6 percent, 12.42 percent, 10.90 percent and 12.09 percent respectively in the previous four days report.
A total of 266 patients died till today due to coronavirus only in Chattogram district with today’s two deaths.
Among the total COVID-19 infected persons, 11,779 are the residents of the port city and rest 4,754 are the inhabitants of different upazilas of the district.
The total number of recovered patients from coronavirus rose to 4003 with the healing of 41 more people in the last 24 hours, out of 16,543 infected people, in the district till 2 pm today.
“The percentage of recovery rate stands at 24.08 percent in the district,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi added.