Three from Chapainawabganj among seven virus deaths at RMCH

Seven more Covid-19 patients died in the past 24 hours until Monday morning at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH), health officials said on Monday, UNB reports.

Of the deceased, three were from Chapainawabganj district and one each from Rajshahi, Natore, Pabna and Naogaon districts.

With the latest deaths, 60 people have died in Rajshahi division since 1 June.

Deputy director at RMCH, Saiful Ferdous, said, "As many as 232 patients are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Of them, 18 are in the ICU."

In the past 24 hours, some 20 people have been admitted to the hospital with Covid-19 symptoms.

Of them, 16 are from Rajshahi district, three from Chapainawabganj and one from Naogaon district, said sources at the hospital.

Saiful said as many as 241 people of the three districts came out positive in 605 tests in two labs on Sunday.

Of them, nine people tested positive after test of 44 samples from Chapainawabganj and 35 tested positive after testing 84 samples from Naogaon district.

In Rajshahi, some 197 people came out positive after test of 477 samples in two labs in Rajshahi on Saturday night.

The positivity rate in the district declined to 41.29 per cent on Sunday from Saturday's 50.27 per cent. On Friday, the positivity rate in this district was 49.43 per cent.