UNB :
Khulna division has logged 30 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Friday.
According to the health director’s office, 11 people died in Kushtia, five each in Khulna and Jashore, three each in Meherpur and Chuadanga, two in Magura, and one in Jhenaidah districts.
The total death toll in the division has now crossed 2,093, said the health officials.
However, the number of Covid cases in the division has increased. Some 361 people tested positive for Covid-19 during the period, according to the divisional health department.
Some 85,535 cases have been detected in 10 districts of the division since the onset of Covid, of which 59,115 patients have recovered so far. In Khulna division, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2020.
Meanwhile, the country on Friday reported 6,364 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 166 lives.
“The country reported 31.05 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 20,493 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The daily infection continued to exceed 10,000 mark for several days since on July 6, ” Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
