RAJSHAHI, Sept 19, 2021 (BSS) - 70 more people were tested positive for

Covid-19 in seven districts of the division on Saturday, taking the caseload
to 97,700 since the pandemic began in March last year.

     The new daily infection figure is double compared to the previous day's
figure of 35, Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder, divisional director of Health, said.

     Meanwhile, the recovery count rose to 93,466 in the division after
another 222 patients were discharged from the hospitals on the same day.

     The death toll reached 1,654, including 682 in Bogura, 311 in Rajshahi
with 187 in its city, and 172 in Natore, as four fresh cases of fatality were
reported during the period, Dr Talukder added.

     Besides, all the positive cases for Covid-19 have, so far, been brought
under necessary treatment while 22,466 were kept in isolation units of
different dedicated hospitals for institutional supervision. Of them, 18,802
have been released.

     Meanwhile, 109 more people have been sent to home and institutional
quarantine afresh while 245 others were released from isolation during the
same time.

     Of the 70 new cases, 22 were detected in Bogura, followed by 21 in
Rajshahi, including 15 in its city, nine in Sirajganj, six each in Natore and
Pabna, four in Joypurhat and two in Naogaon districts.

     With the newly detected patients, the district-wise break-up of the
total cases now stands at 27,694 in Rajshahi, including 22,306 in city, 5,591
in Chapainawabganj, 6,354 in Naogaon, 8,293 in Natore, 4,575 in Joypurhat,
21,387 in Bogura, 11,231 in Sirajganj and 12,575 in Pabna.

     A total of 1,12,003 people have, so far, been kept under quarantine
since March 10 last year to prevent the community transmission of the deadly
coronavirus (COVID-19).

     Of them, 1,08,931 have, by now, been released as they were given
clearance certificates after completing their 14-day quarantine.