CHATTOGRAM, May 10, 2021 (BSS) – A total of four people died and 191 more people were tested positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram district in the last 24 hours. The infection rate is 15.46 percent.
The number of infected people reached 51, 284 at eight COVID-19 laboratories in the district till Sunday evening.
The daily new infection figure shows a slight enhance compared to the previous day’s figure of 74, but the recovery rate declining continuously in the district in recent weeks,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chatogram told BSS today.
Among the infected patients 138 are from Chattogram city and 53 from different upazilas of the district.
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.
With four deaths on Sunday, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Chattogram reached 567, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, said.
“Among the reported fatalities, 420 were the residents of the port city and the rest 147 were from different upazilas of the district,” he said,
Among the total 51284 coronavirus infected people, 41049 are the residents of the port city and the rest 10,235 are the inhabitants of different upazilas of the district, he continued.
“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached 37318 in the Chattogram district with the recovery of 109 more patients on Saturday,” the health official said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 77.77.
A total of 1,722 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at designated hospitals here, he mentioned.