UNB :
Barishal division has logged as many as 18 new Covid deaths in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Tuesday morning.
Of the deceased, seven had tested positive for Covid-19 while the remaining 11 showed symptoms of the virus infection.
Fourteen of them died at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) alone, the officials said.
Divisional Health Director Dr Basudev Kumar Das said that 494 patients have died of Covid-19 in the division so far.
On Monday, the division logged the highest Covid fatality figure at 31.
Besides, 740 people have tested positive for Covid in Barishal division in the past 24 hours.
Of the fresh Covid cases in the division, 245 have been identified in Barisal district alone. So far, 14,660 people have been infected with Covid in the district.
Some 35,367 Covid cases have been identified in the division to date, according to the officials.
According to SBMCH authorities, 55 more patients have been admitted to the hospital in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
Moreover, 123 Covid patients are currently undergoing treatment at the corona unit of SBMCH and 204 in the isolation ward of the hospital.
Meanwhile, Khulna division has logged 31 new Covid-related deaths in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, as the Delta variant of the deadly coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the country.
According to the health director’s office, eight people died in Khulna, seven each in Jashore and Kushtia, four in Jhenaidah, three in Meherpur and one each in Chuadanga and Magura districts.
The total death toll in the division has now reached 2,485, officials said.
Besides, some 946 new Covid infections have been detected in 10 districts of the division in the past 24 hours, pushing up the total cases to 96,131.
Earlier, 26 people died of Covid-19 in the division on Friday, while 1,373 people were found infected with the virus. In Khulna division, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2020. So far, 72,872 people have been recovered from Covid in the division.
