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CORONA-TEST-RANGPUR (with picture)
Coronavirus: 1,08,000 samples tested in Rangpur division
RANGPUR, Mar 2, 2021 (BSS) – A total of 1,08,000 samples of suspected
coronavirus (COID-19) infected people collected from all eight districts in
Rangpur division have been tested since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Health officials said a total of 15,844 people have so far been reported
coronavirus positive after testing 1,08,000 samples at two COVID-19
Laboratories in the division at the average infection rate of 14.67 percent.
“The infection rate remains below five percent during the last one month
and below 10 percent during the last more than two months in the division,”
Focal Person of COVID-19 and Assistant Director (Health) for Rangpur division
Dr. ZA Siddiqui said.
Meanwhile, 15,199 people among the total 15,844 infected people have
already recovered at the average recovery rate of 95.93 percent in the
division where the COVID-19 vaccination campaign continues since February 7
last.
“The district-wise break up of total 15,844 patients stands at 4,045 in
Rangpur, 795 in Panchagarh, 1,331 in Nilphamari, 966 in Lalmonirhat, 1,020 in
Kurigram, 1,512 in Thakurgaon, 4,711 in Dinajpur and 1,464 in Gaibandha,” Dr.
Siddiqui added.
Currently, the 15,199 recovered patients include 3,689 of Rangpur, 770
of Panchagarh, 1,300 of Nilphamari, 953 of Lalmonirhat, 980 of Kurigram,
1,473 of Thakurgaon, 4,600 of Dinajpur and 1,434 of Gaibandha districts in
the division.
Talking to BSS, Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Md. Ahad Ali said the
number of fatalities remained steady at 308 with no more deaths reported from
anywhere in the division on Monday.
The district-wise break up of the 308 fatalities stands at 72 in
Rangpur, 111 in Dinajpur, 34 in Thakurgaon, 28 in Nilphamari, 15 in Kurigram,
20 in Panchagarh, 17 in Gaibandha and 11 in Lalmonirhat districts of the
division,” he said.
“The average casualty rate currently stands at 1.94 percent in the
division,” he said.
Among the total 15,844 COVID-19 infected patients, eight are undergoing
treatments at isolation units after recovery of 15,199 patients and 308
deaths while 329 remaining in home isolations across the division.
Since launching of the vaccination campaign from February 7 last, a
total of 2,92,738 citizens, including 1,88,296 males and 1,04,442 females of
the division, have been immunised with the COVID-19 vaccines in the division
till Monday.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, a total of 95,551 people of the
division were put in quarantines, and of them, 93,182 released and 2,369 are
currently remaining in home quarantines.
Chief of Divisional Coronavirus Service and Prevention Task Force and
Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr. AKM Nurunnobi Lyzu urged
people to properly abide by the health directives to bring down the infection
rate to the zero level.
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