Nine more Covid-19  patients died in the last 24 hours until 8 am on Wednesday in Khulna division, a top health official said. Among them, five were Covid-19 patients while the rest four died after showing Covid-19 symptoms at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, said Dr Suhash Ranjan Haldar, nodal person for the corona unit. Read:Lockdown extended again: Khulna perspective With the fresh deaths, 312 people have died so far at the hospital. Besides, 139 patients are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital. Of them, 70 people are getting treatment in the red zone of the hospital, 21 in the yellow zone, 20 in ICU (intensive care unit), and 28 in HDU (high deficiency unit), said Dr Suhash. Read: Khulna Corona Hospital scrambles for space as Covid patients soar According to results collected  from the RT-PCR Lab in Khulna Medical College and Hospital, 200 people came out positive in 536 tests carried out on Tuesday night. Of them, 149 people tested positive in the sample test of 365 people in Khulna. Besides, 31 from Bagerhat, five from Jashore, five from Satkhira, six from Jhenaidah and four from Narail district tested positive for Covid-19. Read: 10 Covid patients die in Khulna division Mehdi Newaz, Vice Chancellor of Khulna Medical College, said the positivity rate is 37.31% as per  the total sample test in PCR machines. In Khulna division, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2020.

As many as seven Covid patients have died in the past 24 hours at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, health officials said on Wednesday. Besides, authorities have recorded 81 new cases on Tuesday, after testing as many as 279 samples, less than Monday's single-day record tally of 131. Read:In Khulna, a scramble for Covid hospital beds Those who died were identified as Darbesh Ali, 72, of Jhenaidah, Selim Jamadar (65) of Morelganj, A Malek, 75, Trishar Kanti (58) of Phultala upazila in Khulna, Ayzan Begum (75) of Koyra upazila, Kazi Saidur Rahman, 74, of Jashore district, and A Hye Shikdar, 80, of Bagerhat district. So far, 295 people have died of Covid-related complications at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, officials said. Read: Weeklong strict restrictions imposed in Khulna Of the new cases, 39 people are from Khulna, 26 from Bagerhat, two each from Jashore and Pirojpur, and one each from Gopalganj and Jhenidah districts, officials said. Resident Medical Officer of Khulna Medical College and Hospital and the nodal person for its corona unit, Dr Suhash Ranjan Haldar, said 129 people are currently undergoing treatment at the dedicated Covid facility. Read: Covid-19: Strict restrictions imposed in Rajshahi, parts of Khulna, Naogaon Of them, 63 have kept in the red zone, 28 in the yellow zone, 20 in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 19 in the high dependency unit (HDU). Meanwhile, authorities have imposed lockdown restrictions in Sadar, Khalishpur, Shonadanga areas of Khulna city, Paikgachcha municipality and Rupsha upazila to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission.