BSS :
A total of 51 people died of Covid-19 while 1,470 more have tested positive in all 10 districts of the division on Monday, climbing the number of death to 1,265 and infected patients to 62,034.
Of the deceased, 17 are in Kustia, 13 in Khulna, six in Jashore, five each in Magura and Jhenidah, two each in Chuadanga and Bagerhat and one in Magura in the division, said Dr Rasheda Sultana, divisional director of Health. The new daily infection figure also shows almost increased compared to the previous day’s figure of 1,304, said health department sources.
“Among the infected people, 40,553 have, so far, been cured from lethal virus with 335 new recoveries found this morning,” said Dr Rasheda, adding that a total of 8,159 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at different designated hospitals here.
Besides, all the positive cases for Covid-19 have, so far, been brought under necessary treatment while 86,966 were kept in isolation units of different hospitals for institutional supervision. Of them, 84,122 have been released so far.
On the other hand, 384 more have been sent to home and institutional quarantine afresh while 332 others were released from isolation during the last 24 hours till 8.00am today.
Of the total new positive cases, the highest 195 were detected in Jashore followed by 192 in Kushtia, 153 in Bagerhat, 150 in Khulna, 140 in Chuadanga, 125 in Satkhira, 121 in Narail, 113 in Jhenidah, 66 in Magura and 49 in Meherpur in the division.
