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72 more test positive for COVID-19 in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 4, 2021 (BSS) – A total of 72 people were detected positive
for coronavirus in the last 24 hours after testing 1,366 samples at eight
COVID-19 laboratories in the district.
Among the newly detected patients, 56 are from Chattogram city and 16 from
different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases reached at 33,287 while
sudden frequent rising trends again in daily infection rate in recent days
here, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.
Among the total 33,287 coronavirus infected persons, 26,005 are the
residents of the port city and the rest 7,282 are the inhabitants of
different upazilas of the district.
A total of 31,023 coronavirus patients have, so far, been recovered from
Covid-19 and the percentage of recovery rate stands at 93.19 in the
district,” Dr Rabbi said.
The recovered patients were discharged from different home isolations and
the Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospitals of the district as two consecutives
real-time PCR tests were found negative, he added.
The health official continued that the death toll from the virus rose to
368 with no fatalities reported afresh in the last 10 days.
Among the reported afresh fatalities, 267 were the residents of the port
city and the rest 101 were the residents of different upazilas of the
district.
A total of 1,576 infected patients were also undergoing treatment in
designated hospitals in the port city.
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