Khulna Correspondent: Dhaka, Jul-18,

Fifty one more people have died of Covid-19 in different districts of Khulna division in the past 24 hours until Sunday morning, health officials said.

According to the health director's office, another 1,345 people have tested positive with Covid-19 during the period.

Khulna has emerged as one of the fast spreading hotspot of coronavirus in June and July as number of cases and deaths has been increasing every day.

On Saturday, 539 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the division and 40 deaths were reported.

With the fresh numbers, the total death toll in the division has crossed 1,895, said the health officials.

Some 81,421 cases have been detected in 10 districts of the division since the onset of Covid, of which 53,323 patients have recovered so far.

In Khulna division, the first case of Covid was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2020.