CHATTOGRAM, April 5, 2021 (BSS) – A total of 307 people have been tested positive from coronavirus after testing 1738 samples in the last 24 hours at six COVID-19 laboratories in the district. The infection rate is 17.66 percent.
The infection toll now stands at 41,807 and with the two deaths on Sunday, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Chattogram reached 395, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.
Among the reported fatalities, 291 were the residents of the port city and the rest 104 were from different upazilas of the district.
Among the newly detected patients, 280 are from Chattogram city and 27 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
The health expert urged city dwellers again and again to strictly follow health rules and use masks due to continuous increasing corona infections here.
Civil surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi told BSS that among the total 41,807 coronavirus infected persons, 33,882 are the residents of the port city and the rest 8425 are residents of different upazilas of the district.
“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached 34,344 in the Chattogram district with the recovery of 71 more patients on Thursday,” Dr Rabbi said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 82.58.
A total of 1498 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at designated hospitals here, the health official mentioned.