Covid-19 positivity rate now nearly 42% in Moulvibazar

The Covid-19 positivity rate in the Moulvibazar district currently stands at nearly 42 percent after 39 people tested positive out of the 93 samples collected and tested in 24 hours.

"Samples of 93 people have been tested in the PCR lab of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet and results of 39 people came positive. However, it was not immediately identified about which upazilas the infected Covid-19 patients belonged to," said Moulvibazar Civil Surgeon Chowdhury Jalal Uddin Morshed this morning.

Moulvibazar is one of the 40 districts at high risk of Covid-19 infection, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent.

"However, it was not immediately identified about which upazilas the infected Covid-19 patients belonged to," said Moulvibazar Civil Surgeon Chowdhury Jalal Uddin Morshed this morning.

With the 39 new cases, the total number of Covid-19 infected people in the district now stands at 2,833. A total of 2,559 people recoverd from the virus in the district while 33 died from it.