BSS-46 200 more test positive for COVID-19 in Ctg

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200 more test positive for COVID-19 in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, March 22, 2021 (BSS) – A total of 200 people were tested
positive in sudden raising trend for Coronavirus in the last 24 hours after
testing 1,778 samples at four COVID-19 laboratories in the district. The
infection rate is 11.21 percent.

Among the newly detected patients, 171 are from Chattogram city and 29 from
different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.

The number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases in the district crossed
37,751 marks as after the said new cases were diagnosed with the lethal
virus, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, said today.

Civil surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi told BSS that among the total 37,751
Coronavirus infected persons, 29,879 are the residents of the port city and
the rest 7870 are residents of different upazilas of the district.

This is the highest coronavirus infection rate in the last three months in
Chattogram.

The health expert of Chattogram urged people to follow health rules and use
masks due to increase corona infections here.

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