CHATTOGRAM, April 30, 2021 (BSS) –Four people died and 180 more were tested positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram district in the last 24 hours. The infection rate is 14.04 percent.
The daily new infection figure shows a slight decline compared to the previous day’s figure of 182, but the recovery rate is declining continuously in the district in recent weeks,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chatogram told BSS today.
Among the infected patients 133 are from Chattogram city and 47 from different upazilas of the district.
The health experts of Chattogram urged city dwellers again and again to strictly follow health rules and use masks due to continuous increasing corona infections here.
With four deaths on Thursday, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Chattogram reached 520, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said.
“Among the reported fatalities, 385 were the residents of the port city and the rest 135 were from different upazilas of the district,” he said,
Among the total 49,905 coronavirus infected people, 40,015 are the residents of the port city and the rest 9,890 are the inhabitants of different upazilas of the district, he continued.
“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached 36,392 in the Chattogram district with the recovery of 89 more patients on Thursday,” the health official said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 72.92.
A total of 1,612 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at designated hospitals here, he mentioned.