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Covid claims 46 more lives in Khulna division

Disease 2021-07-27, 3:23pm

Khulna division has logged 46 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours on Tuesday.



Khulna, Jul 27 :  Khulna division has logged 46 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Tuesday.

According to the health director's office, 18 people died in Kushtia, nine in Khulna, four each in Chuadanga and Meherpur, two each in Bagerhat, Jashore, Narail, Magura and Jhenaidah, and one in Satkhira district.

The total death toll in the division has now reached 2,263, said the health officials.

Some 1,435 people tested positive for Covid-19 during the period, according to the divisional health department.

Some 89,883 cases have been detected in 10 districts of the division since the onset of Covid.

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