BSS, Rajshahi
A total of 897 more people were cured from Covid-19 in the division on Sunday, taking the recovery figure to 84,923 since the pandemic began in March last year.
Some 14,557 other infected patients are now undergoing treatment at different designated hospitals here, said Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder, divisional director of health. Meanwhile, 259 more people have tested positive for the deadly virus in all five districts of Rajshahi division on the same day, taking the total number of infected persons to 94,078.
The death toll climbed to 1,554, including 647 in Bogura, 289 in Rajshahi with 173 in its city, and 158 in Natore, as nine fresh cases of fatality were reported during the period, Dr Talukder added. The new daily infection figure shows a little-bit escalating trend compared to the previous day's figure of 200. Besides, all the positive cases for Covid-19 have, so far, been brought under treatment while 21,368 were kept in isolation units of different hospitals for institutional supervision.
