District News Desk: Dhaka, Aud-13,
Barishal division has logged 14 new Covid deaths in
the past 24 hours, health officials said on Friday morning.
Of the deceased, nine had tested positive for
Covid-19 while the remaining five showed symptoms of the virus infection.
Six of them died at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College
and Hospital (SBMCH), while the others in different hospitals, the officials
said.
Divisional Health Director Dr Basudev Kumar Das said
that 585 patients have died of Covid-19 in the division so far.
Besides, 473 people have tested positive for Covid
in Barishal division in the past 24 hours and of them, 221 are from Barishal
district alone. So far, 16,670 people have been infected in the district.
Some 40,592 active Covid patients have been
identified in the division to date, according to the officials.
Currently, 194 Covid patients are undergoing
treatment at the 300-bed Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital.
Meanwhile, 19 new Covid patients have been admitted
to the hospital’s Covid unit in the past 24 hours, the officials said.
So far, 158 people have died of Covid-19 and 888
with symptoms at the hospital.
Rajshahi hospital:
Thirteen more Covid-related deaths were reported at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours, health officials said on Friday.
Five of them were confirmed Covid-19 patients while
seven showed symptoms and another died of post-corona health complications,
said hospital director Brigadier General Shamim Yeazdani
Of the deceased, eight were from Rajshahi district,
three from Pabna, and one each from Chapainawabganj and Natore districts. Seven
of them were men while the remaining were women.
Shamim said that 40 new patients have been admitted
to the corona unit of the hospital in the past 24 hours. On the other hand, 44
people were discharged from the hospital after recovery during the period.
Besides, some 325 people are currently undergoing
treatment at the 513-bed corona unit of the hospital.
RMCH has been one of the most stretched hospitals in
the country during the second wave of Covid-19, particularly since the latter
part of May when the deadly Delta variant of the virus was identified in multiple
samples of Rajshahi division.
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