As the Covid-19 cases and deaths keep rising in Khulna, health authorities recorded 32 more deaths in the division in 24 hours until Tuesday morning.
This is the highest since June 20 when the division recorded the same number of deaths.
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Of them, 4 people died in Khulna district, 5 in Bagerhat, 4 in Kushtia, 8 in Jashore, 3 in Narail, two each in Chuadanga, Meherpur and Magura and 1 each in Jhenaidah and Satkhira.
During this period, 1,367 people were infected with the deadly virus, which also shattered the daily record.
So far, 54,998 people have been infected with the virus in ten districts of the division and the death toll reached 1,043.
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A total of 37,437people have recovered to date.
In Khulna division, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2020.