UNB :
Sixteen more people have died of Covid at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in the past 24 hours, hospital authorities said on Saturday.
Of the deceased, eight had tested positive for Covid-19 while the remaining eight showed symptoms of the virus, hospital director Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani said.
Nine of the deceased were from Rajshahi district, two from Chapainawabganj, one each from Kushtia and Natore, and three from Pabna district, he said.
Shamim also said that 66 people have been admitted to the corona unit of the hospital in the past 24 hours while 26 people were discharged after recovery during the period.
Moreover, 527 people are currently undergoing treatment at the454-bed corona unit of the hospital. Among them, 18 are being treated in the ICU.
The highly contagious Delta variant made its way in different parts of the country and the authorities of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital have been struggling a lot with the sudden influx of patients in the past few weeks.
The number of beds has also been increased to accommodate more patients, the hospital director said.
Meanwhile, Barisal division on Saturday recorded 13 new Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours.
Of them, nine died at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) and one each in Barguna, Barishal and Jhalakati districts, health officials said.
Besides, 156 people have tested positive for Covid in the division in the past 24 hours, pushing up the total caseload to 25,287, the officials said.
Divisional Health Director Dr Basudev Kumar Das said that 377 patients have died of Covid-19 in the division so far. And some 16,750 people have recovered from the deadly virus to date.
According to SBMCH authorities, 35 more patients have been admitted to the hospital in the past 24 hours.
The total caseload in Barishal district currently stands at 10,788. In Patuakhali, the figure is 3,137. The two districts have logged 104 and 10 cases, respectively, in the past 24 hours.
In Bhola, some 2,525 people have been found infected with Covid to date, including 38 in 24 hours. Pirojpur district, on the other hand, has logged 3,468 cases, Barguna 2,156 and Jhalakati 3,213 cases to date.
Earlier, Eleven more people have died of Covid-19 at Kushtia General Hospital (KGH) in the past 24 hours, authorities said on Saturday.
Of the deceased, seven were confirmed Covid-19 patients and four had symptoms of the virus, said KGH’s Md Mejbaul Alam.
Some 285 Covid patients are currently undergoing treatment at the 250-bed hospital.
During the past 24 hours, 88 people have tested positive out of 280 PCR laboratory tests, which have taken the infection rate to 31.42 percent in the district.
So far, 11,762 people have been identified with Covid-19 infection. Of them, 387 have died and 7,525 recovered in the district to date, officials said.
As Bangladesh continues to struggle with the deadly second wave of Covid-19, the new figures took the death tally to 17,465 and the caseload to 10,83,922, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Friday.
