Forty more people have died of Covid-19 at several hospitals in Rajshahi, Khulna districts, and Barisal division in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Saturday.
In Rajshahi, at least sixteen people died of Covid at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) during the period, reports UNB.
Of the deceased, eight had tested positive for Covid-19 while the remaining eight showed symptoms of the virus, hospital director Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani said.
Nine of the deceased were from Rajshahi district, two from Chapainawabganj, one each from Kushtia and Natore, and three from Pabna district, he said.
Shamim also said that 66 people have been admitted to the corona unit of the hospital in the past 24 hours while 26 people were discharged after recovery during the period.
Moreover, 527 people are currently undergoing treatment at the 454-bed corona unit of the hospital. Among them, 18 are being treated in the ICU.
The highly contagious Delta variant made its way in different parts of the country and the authorities of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital have been struggling a lot with the sudden influx of patients in the past few weeks.
The number of beds has also been increased to accommodate more patients, the hospital director said.
In Khulna, eleven more people died of the virus at two hospitals in Khulna in the mentioned time, health officials said on Saturday.
Ten of them were confirmed Covid-19 patients, while the remaining one exhibited symptoms of the virus, the officials said.
Of them, seven died at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital and four at Gazi Medical College Hospital.
Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital nodal officer Dr Suhas Ranjan Haldar said that seven people have died at the hospital in the past 24 hours.
Besides, 200 people are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital. Of them, 136 are receiving treatment in the red zone, 24 in the yellow zone and 20 in the intensive care unit, said Dr Suhas.
Some 28 people were admitted to the hospital during this 24-hour period and 29 discharged, he said.
Dr Gazi Mizanur Rahman, owner of the private Gazi Medical College Hospital, said four people have died at the hospital's corona unit in the past 24 hours.
Barisal division on Saturday recorded 13 new Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours.
Of them, nine died at Sher-E-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) and one each in Barguna, Barishal and Jhalakati districts, health officials said.
Besides, 156 people have tested positive for Covid in the division in the past 24 hours, pushing up the total caseload to 25,287, the officials said.
Divisional Health Director Dr Basudev Kumar Das said that 377 patients have died of Covid-19 in the division so far. And some 16,750 people have recovered from the deadly virus to date.
According to SBMCH authorities, 35 more patients have been admitted to the hospital in the past 24 hours.
The total caseload in Barishal district currently stands at 10,788. In Patuakhali, the figure is 3,137. The two districts have logged 104 and 10 cases, respectively, in the past 24 hours.
In Bhola, some 2,525 people have been found infected with Covid to date, including 38 in 24 hours. Pirojpur district, on the other hand, has logged 3,468 cases, Barguna 2,156 and Jhalakati 3,213 cases to date.
