15,203 COVID-19 patients recover in Rangpur division

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RANGPUR, March 5, 2021 (BSS) – The number of recovered coronavirus (COVID-
19) patients rose to 15,203 with the healing of three more infected persons
on Thursday in Rangpur division.

Health officials said the number of total infected patients rose to 15,855
as seven new COVID-19 positive cases were reported on Thursday after testing
188 collected samples with the daily infection rate of 3.72 percent in the
division.

“The 15,203 coronavirus patients out of total 15,855 have healed in the
division with the average recovery rate of 95.89 percent,” said Focal Person
of COVID-19 and Assistant Director (Health) for Rangpur division Dr. ZA
Siddiqui.

The 15,203 recovered patients included 3,691 of Rangpur, 771 of Panchagarh,
1,301 of Nilphamari, 953 of Lalmonirhat, 980 of Kurigram, 1,473 of
Thakurgaon, 4,600 of Dinajpur and 1,434 of Gaibandha districts in the
division.

“The district-wise break up of total 15,855 patients stands at 4,049 in
Rangpur, 795 in Panchagarh, 1,335 in Nilphamari, 966 in Lalmonirhat, 1,020 in
Kurigram, 1,513 in Thakurgaon, 4,712 in Dinajpur and 1,465 in Gaibandha,” Dr.
Siddiqui added.

Since the beginning of outbreak of the pandemic, a total of 1,08,531
collected samples of Rangpur division were tested till Thursday, and of them,
15,855 were found COVID-19 positive with an average infection rate of 14.61
percent.

Talking to BSS today, Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Md. Ahad Ali said
the number of fatalities remained steady at 308 in the division with one more
death reported from Rangpur on Thursday.

The district-wise break up of the 308 fatalities stands at 72 in Rangpur,
111 in Dinajpur, 34 in Thakurgaon, 28 in Nilphamari, 15 in Kurigram, 20 in
Panchagarh, 17 in Gaibandha and 11 in Lalmonirhat districts of the division,
he said.

“The average casualty rate currently stands at 1.94 percent in the
division,” he said.

Among the total 15,855 COVID-19 infected patients, four are undergoing
treatments at isolation units after recovery of 15,203 patients and 308
deaths while 340 are remaining in home isolations across the division.

Since the beginning, a total of 95,626 people of the division were put in
quarantine, and of them, 93,236 were released and 2,390 are currently
remaining in home quarantine.

“Meanwhile, a total 3,26,638 citizens, including 2,08,316 males and
1,18,322 females, have so far been immunised with COVID-19 vaccines till
Monday in all eight districts of Rangpur division since February 7 last,” Dr.
Ali added.

Chief of Divisional Coronavirus Service and Prevention Task Force and
Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr. AKM Nurunnobi Lyzu urged
people to properly abide by the health directives to reduce the infection
rate to zero level.