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Khulna sees highest daily death toll of 32

Disease 2021-06-29, 5:39pm

Khulna division sees highest daily death toll of 32 in 24 hours until Tuesday morning.



Khulna, June 29 :  As the Covid-19 cases and deaths keep rising in Khulna, health authorities recorded 32 more deaths in the division in 24 hours until  Tuesday morning.
This is the highest since June 20 when the division recorded the same number of deaths.
Of them, 4 people died in Khulna district, 5 in Bagerhat, 4 in Kushtia,8 in Jashore, 3in Narail, two each in Chuadanga ,Meherpur   and Magura and 1 each in Jhenaidah and Satkhira .
During this period, 1,367  people were infected with the deadly virus,  which also shattered the daily record.
So far, 54,998 people have been infected with the virus in ten districts of the division and the death toll reached 1,043.
A total of 37,437people have recovered to date.
In Khulna division, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2020, reports UNB.