CHATTOGRAM, Sept 19, 2021 (BSS) - The number of recovered Covid-19

patients reached 86,169 with the recovery of 412 more people on Saturday
raising the average recovery rate to 85.05 percent in the district.

   Health officials said that the recovery rate continues to rise amid
declining number of casualties and positivity rate during the last two months
in the division.

  "Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases reached 101,387 with the diagnosis
of 50 fresh cases on Saturday in the district," Focal person of the Covid-19
district, Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi told BSS.

   Fifty fresh Covid-19 cases were diagnosed after testing 1,681 samples. The
positivity rate was 2.97 percent in the division on Saturday.

  "The number of casualties rose to 1,281 as two new deaths were reported in
the district during the last 24 hours ending at 8 am today," he said.

  "The average casualty rate currently stands at 0.7 percent in the
division," Dr Rabbi said.

  "Common people should sincerely abide by the health directives to prevent
further spread of the deadly virus despite an improving trend of Covid-19
situation in the district," he added.

   A total of 2,612 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at
designated hospitals here.