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COVID-19 cases reach 26,843 in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 7, 2020 (BSS) – The number of coronavirus (COVID-19)
positive cases reached 26,843 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 26,843 in the district
as 233 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 22,674 with
the recovery of 203 more infected people in the district in the last 24
hours.
“The average recovery rate stands at 84.47 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, 207 are from Chattogram city and 26
from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
Among the total infected persons, 20,759 are the residents of the port
city and the rest 5,892 are the inhabitants 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 322.
“Among the total 26,843 COVID-19 patients, 1744 are undergoing
treatments at isolation units of different hospitals and 322 deaths while
2103 are remaining in home isolations in the district,” Dr. Rabbi added.
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