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153 more tested positive for COVID-19 in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 28, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 154 people were detected
positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours after testing 1594 samples in
seven COVID-19 laboratories in the district.
Among the newly detected patients, 139 are from Chattogram city and 15 from
different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
The total number of infected patients now stands at 29,879 in the district,
Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today. Among the
total infected patients, 23120 are the residents of the port city and the
rest 6,801 are residents of different upazilas of the district.
Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said that the death toll from the virus rose to 350
with no fatalities reported afresh in the last 24 hours.
A total of 28,901 coronavirus patients have so far recovered from Covid-19
and the percentage of recovery rate stands at 96.75 percent in the district,
Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said.
The recovered patients were discharged from different home isolations and
Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospitals of the district as two consecutives
real- time PCR tests were found negative, he said.
Besides, 1,320 patients are undergoing treatment at isolation units of
different hospitals in the port city.
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