Chapainawabganj's Covid-19 death toll crosses 100 mark

A total of 102 people have died of Covid-19 in Chapainawabganj so far, the district's Civil Surgeon Zahid Nazrul Chowdhury said today.

Four people died of Covid-19 in the district and 40 were infected in 24 hours till this morning, the civil surgeon said.

There is no crisis of oxygen in the district but the 250-bed district hospital has no Covid unit and RT-PCR lab, the civil surgeon said, adding that's why, the seriously ill patients are being sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

During 24 hours, 303 samples were tested in Chapainawabganj and 40 of them came positive. The positivity rate was 13.20 percent, which was 12.80 percent the previous day.

Seventy-three people are undergoing treatment at the district hospital today, our Chapainawabganj correspondent reports quoting the civil surgeon.

Considering the severity, local administration has imposed strict restrictions on public and transport movement in the district from June 8.