BSS, Chattogram :
The number of recovered Covid-19 patients reached 88,563, with the recovery of 84 more people till Wednesday morning raising the average recovery rate to 86.58 percent in the district. Health officials said the recovery rate continues to rise sharply amid declining number of casualties and positivity rate during the last few months in the district.
“Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases reached 102,281 with the diagnosis of six fresh cases on Tuesday in the district,” district focal person of Covid-19, Civil Surgeon Dr Ilias Chowdhury told BSS.
Six fresh Covid-19 cases were diagnosed after testing 1,169 samples. The positivity rate was 0.51 percent in the district on Tuesday.
“The number of casualties stands at 1,327 as no new deaths were reported in the district during the last 24 hours ending at 8 am today,” he said.
A total of 1,105 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at
designated hospitals here.
