UNB :
Fifty two more people have died of Covid-19 in different districts of Khulna division in the last 24 hours until Monday morning as highly contagious Delta variant continues its onslaught across the country.
According to the health director’s office, another 1,165 people tested positive during the period.
Of the recent deaths, 14 were recorded in Kushtia, 12 in Khulna, 11 in Jessore,5 in Meherpur, 3 in Jhenaidah, 2 each in Bagerhat, Magura and Narail and 1 in Satkhira.
Khulna has emerged as one of the hotspots of coronavirus in June and July as the number of cases and deaths has been increasing every day.
With the fresh numbers, the total death toll in the division has crossed 1,947, said the health officials.
Some 82,586 cases have been detected in 10 districts of the division since the onset of Covid, of which 54,405 patients have recovered so far.
Meanwhile, thirteen more people have died of Covid-19 at four different hospitals in Khulna in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Monday.
Twelve of them tested positive while one showed symptoms of the virus, the officials added.
Of them, 7 died at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, three at Gazi Medical College Hospital one at the Covid unit of Khulna General Hospital and two at Shahid Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital
Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital nodal officer Dr Suhas Ranjan Haldar said seven people have died at the hospital in the past 24 hours.
Currently, some 163 people are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Of them, 87 are being treated in the red zone, 37 in the yellow zone, 19 in the ICU and 20 in the HDU.
Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, 23 people have been admitted to the hospital and some 31 discharged after recovery.
Dr Gazi Mizanur Rahman, owner of the private Gazi Medical College Hospital, said15 new patients were admitted to the hospital during the period and 17 discharged.
Khulna General Hospital Corona unit spokesman Kazi Abu Rashed said 62 people are currently undergoing treatment.
In the past 24 hours, 12 people have been admitted to the hospital and 15 discharged. Dr Prakash Debnath of Shahid Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital said that four new patients were admitted during the periled and two discharged after recovery.
