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22,796 infected, 21,495 recover in Khulna COVID-19
KHULNA, Oct 28, 2020 (BSS) – With detection of 16 new positive cases in all ten districts of the division, the total number of COVID-19 infected patients now hit 22,796 till this noon.
A total of 21,495 have been cured from the lethal virus infection and recovery rate now stands at 94.29 percent,” Assistant Director (Health) for Khulna division Dr. Ferdousi Akhter told BSS.
The total number of COVID-19 patients rose to 22,796 with 16 new positive cases were reported after testing 76 samples at the Khulna Medical College Laboratory and two others COVID-19 laboratories in Khulna division in the last 24 hours ending this noon.
Of the total new positive cases, five were detected in Khulna, followed by four each in Narail and Kushtia, two in Jashore, one in Satkhira in the division.
With the new detected cases, the district-wise break-up of the patients are 6,610 in Khulna, 4,080 in Jashore, 3,435 in Kushtia, 2,053 in Jhenaidah, 1,506 in Chuadanga, 1,403 in Narail, 1,109 in Satkhira, 1,011 in Bagerhat, 940 in Magura and 649 Meherpur, she added.
“Among the total 22,796 coronavirus infected persons, 2,519 are undergoing treatment at isolation units of different hospitals as 21,595 have been recovered and 402 died while the rest are undergoing treatment in isolation at their respective homes in the division”, Dr. Ferdousi continued.
Talking to BSS today, Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Rasheda Sultana said the number of total fatalities stands at 402 in the division with one more death was reported in Kushtia in the division on Tuesday.
The district-wise break-up of the death tolls are 101 in Khulna, 79 in Kushtia, 48 in Jashore, 35 in Jhenaidah, 35 in Chuadanga, 30 in Satkhira, 26 in Bagerhat, 20 in Narail,15 in Meherpur and 13 in Magura in the division.
“The average fatality rate among all 22,796 COVID-19 positive cases now stands at 1.76 percent in the division,” she mentioned.
On the other hand, a total of 97 more people have been sent to home and institutional quarantine afresh while 93 others were released in all ten districts of the division over the last 24 hours till 12 this noon.
A total of 61,910 people had, so far, been kept under home quarantine and isolation at hospital.
Of them, 60,563 have, by now, been released as they were given clearance certificates after completing their respective 14-day quarantine period and 2,512 are currently remaining in home or institutional quarantine in the division.
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