CHATTOGRAM, July 2, 2022 (BSS) - A total of 43 people were infected with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till this morning in the district with the infection rate of 11.84 percent.

Among the infected persons, 35 are in Chattogram city and rest eight in different upazila of the district.

With the new infections, the total number of Covid-19 patients climbed to 1,27,301 in the district, civil surgeon Dr Ilias Chowdhury told BSS.

The number of recovered patients reached 1,25,412 with the healing of 31 more people during the last 24 hours with the average recovery rate of 98.85 percent.

The death toll remained steady at 1,363 as no new death was recorded during the period.

A total of 92 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at different designated hospitals here.