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COVID-19 cases rapidly rise, cross 49,000 in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, April 26, 2021 (BSS) – The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases crossed the 49,000 mark in the district where the infection rate continues rising hurriedly again in recent weeks.
Health officials said the number of COVID-19 cases speedily raised to 49,095 as 208 more persons were reported Covid-19 positive after testing 1361 samples with the daily infection rate of 15.28 percent on Sunday in the district.
“The infection rate is showing a quickly rising trend again and recovery rate declining continuously in the district in recent weeks,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.
The health experts urged city dwellers again and again to strictly follow health rules and use masks due to continuous increasing corona infections here.
Among the newly detected patients, 159 are from Chattogram city and 49 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
With the seven deaths on Sunday, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Chattogram reached 504, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said.
“Among the reported fatalities, 375 were the residents of the port city and the rest 129 were from different upazilas of the district,” he said,
Among the total 49,095 coronavirus infected people, 39,400 are the residents of the port city and the rest 9,695 are the inhabitants of different upazilas of the district, he continued.
“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached 36,186 in the district with the recovery of 107 more patients on Sunday,” the health official said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 73.84.
A total of 1,498 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at designated hospitals here, he mentioned.
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