Covid-19: Barisal logs 10 new deaths in 24 hours

Barisal division has logged 10 more Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning, taking the total number of fatalities to 610.

Among the deceased, six had tested positive while the rest had symptoms of the virus.

Meanwhile, 322 people have tested positive taking the division’s total caseload to 41,919, said divisional health director Dr Basudeb Kumar Das.

According to Das, 919 people have recovered with the total number of recoveries being 27,233.

Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) Director Dr HM Saiful Islam’s office said nine new people have been admitted to the hospital’s isolation ward and 12 to the corona ward in the last 24 hours.

 Currently 169 people are undergoing treatment in the Covid-19 and isolation ward.

The SBMCH tested 189 samples in its rt-PCR lab where the infection rate was 26.45%.