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Covid-19 cases cross 42,000 marks in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, April, 6, 2021 (BSS) – The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) positive cases in the district crossed 42,000 marks as 494 new cases were diagnosed with the lethal virus after testing 2540 samples in seven COVID-19 laboratories in the last 24 hours. The infection rate is 19.45 percent.
Among the newly detected patients, 439 are from Chattogram city and 55 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
“The total numbers of COVID-19 patients now stand at 42,301 only in Chattogram district till today,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, said today.
The health expert of Chattogram 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 42,301 coronavirus infected persons, 33,821 are the residents of the port city and the rest 8440 are residents of different upazilas of the district.
“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached 34,410 in the Chattogram district with the recovery of 66 more patients on Monday,” Dr Rabbi said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 81.34.
A total of 1512 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 396 with one more death was reported from the district on Monday.
Among the reported fatalities, 291 were the residents of the port city and the rest 105 were from different upazilas of the district.
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