RANGPUR, Sept 7, 2020 (BSS) – The total number of recovered coronavirus (COVID-19) patients sharply rose to 9,051 with the healing of 315 infected people in a day on Sunday in all eight districts of Rangpur division.
Health officials said the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients presently stands at 83.13 percent in the division where the same rate continues increasing as improved treatments are being provided to the patients.
“The daily infection rate is showing a declining trend now across the division,” Focal Person of COVID-19 and Assistant Director (Health) for Rangpur division Dr. ZA Siddiqui told BSS today.
The 9,051 recovered COVID-19 patients include 2,112 of Rangpur, 473 of Panchagarh, 890 of Nilphamari, 583 of Lalmonirhat, 747 of Kurigram, 623 of Thakurgaon, 2,860 of Dinajpur and 763 of Gaibandha districts in the division.
Meanwhile, 42 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported after testing 270 collected samples of Rangpur division at the COVID-19 Laboratories in Rangpur and Dhaka on Sunday raising the number of infected patients to 10,895 in the division.
The district-wise break up of the 10,895 patients stands at 2,568 in Rangpur, 537 in Panchagarh, 958 in Nilphamari, 769 in Lalmonirhat, 830 in Kurigram, 992 in Thakurgaon, 3,179 in Dinajpur and 1,062 Gaibandha.
“Since the beginning, we have tested a total of 60,050 collected samples of Rangpur division till Sunday night, and of them, 10,895 were found COVID-19 positive with an infection rate of 18.14 percent in the division,” Dr. Siddiqui said.
The average COVID-19 infection rate stands at 18.14 percent which is 4.58 times less that the recovery rate of 83.13 percent in the division.
Talking to BSS today, acting Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Sultan Ahmed said the total number of fatalities rose to 190 in Rangpur division with two more deaths reported from Dinajpur on Sunday.
The district-wise break up of the 181 fatalities stands at 40 in Rangpur, 66 in Dinajpur, 14 in Gaibandha, 18 in Nilphamari, 13 in Kurigram, 20 in Thakurgaon, 10 in Panchagarh and nine in Lalmonirhat districts.
“The casualty rate among all 10,929 COVID-19 positive cases stands at 1.74 percent in the division,” Dr. Ahmed said.
Among the total 10,835 COVID-19 infected patients, 405 are undergoing treatments at isolation units of different hospitals after recovery of 9,051 patients and 190 deaths while 1,249 remaining in home isolations.
A total of 75,662 people were put in quarantines since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Rangpur division, and among them, 70,140 have so far been released and 5,522 are remaining in home or institutional quarantines.
The government hospitals and other health services providing facilities of Rangpur division have 1,123 physicians, 1,757 nurses and 5,907 other staff to provide treatments to the infected patients and face the COVID-19 situation.
Additional Divisional Commissioner (General) Md. Zakir Hossain said improved health services are being provided to the infected patients and the people being inspired in abiding by the health directives to prevent COVID-19 spread in the division.