CHATTOGRAM, April 1, 2021 (BSS) – The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases in the district crossed 40,000 marks as 287 new cases were diagnosed with the lethal virus after testing 1915 samples in seven COVID-19 laboratories in the last 24 hours. The infection rate is 14.99 percent.
Among the newly detected patients, 267 are from Chattogram city and 20 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
“The total numbers of COVID-19 patients now stand at 40283 only in Chattogram district till today,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, said today.
Civil surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi told BSS that among the total 40,283 coronavirus infected persons, 32,062 are the residents of the port city and the rest 8221 are residents of different upazilas of the district.
“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached at 34,089 in the Chattogram district with the recovery of 75 more patients on Thursday,” Dr Rabbi said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 84.63.
A total of 1189 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at designated hospitals here, the health official mentioned.
Dr Rabbi said that the number of fatalities remained steady at 388 with two more death was reported from the district on Wednesday.
Among the reported fatalities, 284 were the residents of the port city and the rest 104 were from different upazilas of the district.