Jashore, considered to be a high risk zone of Covid-19 spread, reported a record 469 new infections on Saturday.

The new cases were detected from 940 sample tests, said Jashore Science and Technology University’s Covid-19 testing team member assistant professor Dr Shirin Nigar. The positivity rate is a fraction under 50% - which is extremely high. The WHO advises a positivity rate of 5% for two weeks as a safe level. 

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The fresh cases raised the district’s total caseload to 11,187.

Also, five more people died of Covid-19 in the district pushing the death toll to 129.

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Corona focal-person at the Jashore Civil Surgeon's office, Dr Rehnewaz, said of the new infections, 309 were detected in the Jashore upazila (Sadar) alone.