BSS, Chattogram
A total of 801 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the district in the last 24-hour till Sunday afternoon. The number of corona cases in Chattogram district is on the rise gradually.
The infection rate is 38.54 percent. This is the highest infection rate in a single day in Chattogram district, officials claimed. Health officials said the number of COVID-19 cases speedily raised to 75,363 as 801 more persons were reported Covid-19 positive after testing 2078 samples on Saturday in the district.
“The infection rate is showing a quick enhancing trend again and recovery rate is also gradually reducing continuously in the district in recent weeks,” Focal Person of COVID-19 Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram said.
The health experts of Chattogram urged city dwellers again and again to strictly follow health rules and use masks. Among the newly detected patients, 469 are from Chattogram city and 332 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.
With the 11 deaths on Saturday, the number of Covid-19 deaths in Chattogram reached 885, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, said.
Among the reported fatalities, 543 were the residents of the port city and the rest 343 were from different upazilas of the district, he said.
Civil surgeon told BSS that among the total infected persons, 56,909 are the residents of the port city and the rest 18,454 are residents of different upazilas of the district.
“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached 54,161 in the Chattogram district with the recovery of 263 more patients on Saturday,” Dr Rabbi said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 71.61.
A total of 3515 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at designated hospitals here, the health official mentioned.
