Eighteen more Covid-19 related deaths were reported at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in the last 24 hours till Monday morning as the country continues to reel from a devastating 2nd wave of the virus.
Of the new fatalities, 12 tested positive for Covid-19, five had the symptoms but had not been tested or were not in possession of their test result, while one was receiving treatment at the unit despite a negative test result. Rapid antigen tests being used in the district can often throw up false negative results, reports UNB.
Director General of the hospital Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani, said eight of the patients were from Rajshahi district, three from Natore, four from Naogaon and one each from Chapainawabganj, Kushtia, and Pabna districts.
RMCH has been one of the most stretched hospitals in the country during the second wave of Covid-19, particularly since the latter part of May when the deadly Delta variant of the virus was identified in multiple samples in Rajshahi division.