COVID-19 positive cases reach 3,860 in Khulna

Publish: 4:35 PM, June 28, 2020 | Update: 4:35 PM, June 28, 2020

KHULNA,  – With detection of 256 new more positive cases in last 24 hours till this noon, the total number of COVID-19 infected patients in Khulna division climbed to 3,860.

According to COVID-19 quarantine and isolation related daily report said it received 282 samples at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMC) and other samples in Jashore and Kushtia laboratories in the last 24 hours till this noon and 256 persons have been diagnosed with COVID-19 infection .

Assistant Director (Health) of Khulna division Dr. Ferdousi Akhter told BSS this afternoon that of the newly COVID-19 patients 133 are in Khulna, 21 in Bagerhat, 15 in Satkhira, eight in Jashore, 20 in Jhenaidah, 22 in Magura, 13 in Narail, six in Kushtia, seven in Chuadanga and 11 in Meherpur districts in the division.

The district-wise break-up of the COVID-19 patients now stands at 1,684 in Khulna, 187 in Bagerhat, 174 in Satkhira, 522 in Jashore, 185 in Jhenaidah, 119 in Magura, 166 in Narail, 541 in Kushtia, 212 in Chuadanga and 70 in Meherpur districts.

Dr Ferdousi said, whereabouts of the persons, who came in contact with Covid-19 patients, were brought to notice and they were asked to remain in home isolation to contain further spread of the virus.

She added that utmost emphasis has been given to bring all the suspected people under quarantine, isolation and testing as these are being adjudged as important means of containing the community transmission of the virus.

Meanwhile, a total of 949 have cured from coronavirus infections as 39 more people were discharged from the Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospitals after their recovery in all 10 districts of the division in the last 24 hours.

She said the average recovery rate of COVID-19 patients is 24.58 percent while fatality rate 1.42 percent in the division.

“Among the total 3,860 coronavirus infected persons, 446 are now undergoing treatment at isolation units of different hospitals as 949 have recovered and 55 died while the rest of the patients are remaining in isolation at their respective homes in the division”, she said.

With the three more death, the total number of fatalities reached 55 in the division , The death toll was recorded 20 in Khulna, six in Narail, seven in Kushtia, five in Meherpur, seven in Jashore, three in Bagerhat, three in Jhenaidah, two each in Magura and Chuadanga districts.