UNB :
Nineteen more people have succumbed to Covid at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in the past 24 hours, health officials said Tuesday.
Hospital director Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani said that six of the patients were from Rajshahi district, three each from Natore, Naogaon and Pabna, and one hailed from Sirajganj district.
On July 1, the authorities recorded as many as 22 deaths in the district, the highest single-day toll so far. Last month, some 354 people succumbed to Covid-19 at the corona unit of RMCH.
“Meanwhile, 158 people have tested positive for corona at the hospital during the 24-hour period. Some 469 samples were tested in two laboratories of the district during the period,” the director said.
The positivity rate currently stands at 33.69%, which was 29.63% a day before.
Besides, 63 people have been admitted to the hospital with Covid symptoms in the past 24 hours. Currently, 504 patients are undergoing treatment at the hospital which has 454 beds.
Earlier, nine more Covid-19 related deaths were recorded at Kushtia General Hospital in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
Of the deceased, eight were confirmed Covid patients while the remaining one showed symptoms of the virus, said Dr MA Momen, administrator of Kushtia General Hospital.
Besides, the district logged as many as 291 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, said Dr Momen. “Some 990 samples were tested during this period.”
The positivity rate in the district also increased to 29.39% from the previous day’s 26.97%.
Besides, 261 patients with Covid symptoms are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital, the official said.
So far, 10,873 people have been found infected in the district, while 350 people have died of Covid-19 to date.
Dr Tapas Kumar Sarkar, the resident medical officer of the hospital, said that although the number of patients admitted at the facility is marginally more than the number of hospital beds, the influx of new patients has dropped in the past few days.
Meanwhile, nineteen more people have died of Covid-19 at four different hospitals in Khulna in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Tuesday.
Ten of the patients tested positive for Covid, while the remaining showed symptoms of the virus, the officials said.
Of them, 10 died at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, four each at the Covid unit of Khulna General Hospital and Gazi Medical College Hospital, and one at Shahid Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital.
Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital’s nodal officer Dr Suhas Ranjan Haldar said that 10 people have died at the hospital in the past 24 hours. Of them, five were confirmed Covid-19 patients.
Besides, 195 people are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital. Of them, 130 are receiving treatment in the red zone, 25 in the yellow zone and 20 in the ICU (intensive care unit), said Dr Suhas. Some 43 people have been admitted to the hospital in the past 24 hours, while 42 were discharged from the hospital, he said.
An official at Gazi Medical College and Hospital said that four people have died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
Kazi Abu Rashed, spokesman for the corona unit of Khulna General Hospital, said 12 people were admitted to the medical facility in the past 24 hours and eight patients discharged after recovery.
Dr Chandra Debnath Shekhar, spokesman for Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised Hospital, said that 44 patients are currently being treated at the hospital and of them 10 are in the ICU.
Besides, the Covid-19 situation is deteriorating in Natore with each passing day. As many as nine people have succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday morning.
Besides, the district has logged 93 fresh Covid cases since Monday morning. Some 293 samples were tested during this period, the officials said. The positivity rate in Natore now stands at 32%, reports our correspondent.
But when deaths are not enough to instill fear in people, it’s natural that fines or arrests won’t deter people from venturing out amid strict lockdown restrictions.
In Natore, people were seen roaming around without masks on Tuesday morning, while many shops remained reopen in clear violation of the lockdown restrictions.
