Khulna Correspondent: Dhaka, 16-July,

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

According to the health director's office, nine people died in the Khulna district, seven in Kushtia, four each in Jashore and Meherpur, three in Narail, two each in Bagerhat, and Jhenaidah, and one in Chuadanga district.

Besides, 1,497 people tested positive for Covid-19 during the period, said Rasheda Sultana, director of the divisional health department.

On July 10, the division logged a record number of 71 Covid deaths.

The total death toll in the division has crossed 1,804, said the health officials.

Some 79,537 cases have been detected in 10 districts of the division since the onset of Covid, of which 50,711 patients have recovered so far.

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