CHATTOGRAM,  – The total number of recovered patients from coronavirus rose to 17,289 in the district with the healing of 82 more people in the last 24 hours.

A total of 17,289 coronavirus patients have so far recovered from Covid-19 and the percentage of recovery rate stands at 76.90 in the district,” Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.

The recovered patients were discharged from different home isolations and Dedicated Corona Isolation Hospitals of the district as two consecutives real- time PCR tests were found negative, he said.

“One more Covid-19 patient died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 308,” he added.

The total number of infections has surged to 22,482 as 146 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

Of the total infected people, 15,629 are the residents of the port city and the rest 5,699 are residents of different upazilas of the district.

A total of 1062 samples were tested at eight authorized laboratories in the district during the time.

Among the newly detected patients, 135 are from Chattogram city and 11 others from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.

Besides, 1,214 patients are undergoing treatment at isolation units of different hospitals in the port city, the health official mentioned.