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Covid claims 30 more lives in Khulna division

Disease 2021-07-23, 5:28pm

Khulna division reported 30 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours on Friday.



Khulna, Jul 23 :  Khulna division has logged 30 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Friday.

According to the health director's office, 11 people died in Kushtia, five each in Khulna and Jashore, three each in Meherpur and Chuadanga, two in Magura, and one in Jhenaidah districts.

The total death toll in the division has now crossed 2,093, said the health officials.

However, the number of Covid cases in the division has increased. Some 361 people tested positive for Covid-19 during the period, according to the divisional health department.

Some 85,535 cases have been detected in 10 districts of the division since the onset of Covid, of which 59,115 patients have recovered so far.

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