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COVID-19 cases reach 23,564 in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 21, 2020 (BSS) – The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases reached 23,564 amid the frequent rising trend in the daily infection rate in recent days only in the district.
“The number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 23,564 in the district as 145 new patients were diagnosed with the lethal virus at eight laboratories in Chattogram,” Civil surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi told BSS today.
Meanwhile, the number of recovered COVID-19 patients rose to 18,765 with the recovery of 121 more infected people in the district in the last 24 hours.
“The average recovery rate stands at 79.85 percent in Chattogram district,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said, adding that the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients is currently yet more than the average infection rate.
Among the newly detected patients, 121 are from Chattogram city and 24 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
Among the total infected persons, 17,722 are the residents of the port city and the rest 5,841 are residents of different upazilas of the district.
With one more death in the last 24 hours, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) fatalities in the district reached 314.
“Among the total 23,564 COVID-19 patients, 1278 are undergoing treatments at isolation units of different hospitals after recovery of 18,765 patients and 314 deaths while 3207 are remaining in home isolations in the district,” Dr. Rabbi added.
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