BSS
  25 Sep 2021, 18:43

Ctg records 2.98pc Covid-19 positivity rate

     CHATTOGRAM, Sept 25, 2021 (BSS) - Chattogram district recorded ever-
lowest Covid-19 positivity rate of 2.98 percent since the pandemic broke out
here while 46 fresh cases were reported after testing 1,530 samples during
the last 24 hours till this morning.

     The Covid-19 situation is improving consistently during the recent weeks
in the district, Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said.

     With the new infection, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases
reached 101,562 in the district.

     "The number of cured patients from the lethal virus stood at 86,568 in
the district with the recovery of 63 more patients in the last 24 hours," Dr
Rabbi said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate is 85.25.

     With no new deaths in the last 24 hours, the death toll is steady at
1,289 in the district.

     A total of 2486 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at
designated hospitals here.