With the healing of 451 more patients from the Covid-19 on Friday, the total recovery count in the division rose to 100,810
since the pandemic began in March, 2020.
A total of 232 more people have tested positive for the deadly virus in seven districts of the division on the day, raising the caseload to 113,954 so far.
The new positive cases are showing a significant falling trend compared to the previous day's figure of 974, Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder, divisional director of Health, said.
The death toll reached 1,717, including 697 in Bogura, 330 in Rajshahi with 211 in its city and 176 in Natore as one new fatality was reported during the last 24 hours, he said.
Besides, all the positive cases of Covid-19 have, so far, been brought under treatment while 24,985 were kept in isolation units of different dedicated hospitals for institutional quarantine. Of them, 20,778 have been released.
Meanwhile, 65 more people have been sent to home and institutional quarantine afresh while 81 others were released from isolation during the same period.
Of the 232 new infected cases, 72 were detected in Pabna, followed by 63 in Bogura, 51 in Sirajganj, 18 in Rajshahi city, 16 in Joypurhat, 10 in Chapainawabganj and two in Natore districts.
With the newly detected patients, the district-wise break-up of the total cases now stands at 32,913 in Rajshahi including 27,063 in its city, 6,220 in Chapainawabganj, 7,486 in Naogaon, 8,316 in Natore, 5,429 in Joypurhat, 24,368 in Bogura, 12,878 in Sirajganj and 15,344 in Pabna districts. A total of 121,991 people have, so far, been kept under quarantine since March 10, 2020 to prevent community transmission of the deadly COVID-19.
Of them, 116,657 have, by now, been released as they were given cleara nce certificates after completing their qua rantine.
