RAJSHAHI, March 2, 2021 (BSS) – With the recovery of 13 more patients on
Monday, the total number of cured patients from coronavirus (Covid-19)
infection reached 24,274 in the division, said an official report.
A total of 2,990 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at
designated hospitals here, it added.
Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder, divisional director of health, said the death
toll from the virus rose to 396, including 250 in Bogura and 55 in Rajshahi,
with no fatality reported for the seventh consecutive day today.
Besides, all the positive cases for COVID-19 have, so far, been brought
under necessary treatment while 6,571 were kept in isolation units of
different hospitals for institutional supervision. Of them, 5,937 have
already been released.
Meanwhile, with the detection of 10 new positive cases in four districts
here on Monday, one of the ever-lowest in daily infection like the previous
couple of weeks, the total number of infected patients rose to 25,658, Dr
Habibul said.
Of the new positive cases, the highest five were detected in Rajshahi
city, followed by two each in Naogaon and Bogura and one in Pabna districts.
With the newly detected cases, the district-wise break-up of the COVID-19
patients now stand at 6,071 in Rajshahi including 4,576 in its city, 824 in
Chapainawabganj, 1,641 in Naogaon, 1,245 in Natore, 1,364 in Joypurhat,
10,013 in Bogura, 2,781 in Sirajganj and 1,719 in Pabna.
On the other hand, 22 more persons have been sent to home and
institutional quarantine afresh while 40 others were released in the division
over the last 24 hours till 8 am today.
A total of 66,056 people have, so far, been kept under quarantine since
March 10 last year to prevent community transmission of the coronavirus
(COVID-19).
Of them, 65,125 have, by now, been released as they were given clearance
certificates after completing their respective 14-day quarantine period.