BSS, Chattogram :
A total of 206 people were detected positive for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours after testing 2,522 samples at 16 Covid-19 laboratories in the district. The infection rate of the deadly disease in the district reached 8.16 percent till this morning.
With the diagnosis of 206 new cases, the total number of Covid-19 patients climbed to 1,25,207 in the district, Dr Ilias Chowdhury, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today. At the same time, the number of healed patients of the lethal virus rose to 1,07,002 with the recovery of 410 more patients in the district. The average recovery rate currently stands at 85.28 percent in Chattogram city and district. With no more new death was recorded during the period, the fatality toll steady at 1,360.
A total of 2,146 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at different designated hospitals here, the sources added
