Nineteen more Covid-related deaths were recorded at Kushtia General Hospital in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. Of the deceased, 15 were confirmed Covid patients while the remaining four showed symptoms of the virus, said Md Mezbaul Alam, statistics officer at Kushtia General Hospital. Read: Covid: 12 more die in Kushtia Besides, the district logged 253 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours after testing 675 samples during this period, he said. The positivity rate in the district rose to 37.48% from Monday’s 33%. Besides,182 patients with Covid symptoms are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital, the official said. Read:Covid claims 20 more lives in Kushtia So far, 13,675 people have been found infected in the district, while 535 people have died of Covid-19. Besides, 9,538 people have recovered in the district so far.

Twelve more people have died of Covid-19 at three hospitals in Khulna in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. Nine of them were confirmed Covid-19 patients, while the remaining exhibited symptoms of the virus, the officials said. Read: Covid claims 46 more lives in Khulna division, say officials Of them, five died at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, three at Gazi Medical College Hospital and four at the Covid unit of Khulna General Hospital. Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital nodal officer Dr Suhas Ranjan Haldar said that five people have died at the hospital in the past 24 hours. Of them, two were confirmed Covid-19 patients. Read:19 more Covid patients die at Khulna hospitals Besides, 201 people are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital. Of them, 135 are receiving treatment in the red zone, 26 in the yellow zone and 20 in the intensive care unit, said Dr Suhas. Some 38 people were admitted to the hospital during this 24-hour period, while 21 were discharged from the hospital, he said. Read:Khulna division records its highest deaths in a day due to Covid Dr Gazi Mizanur Rahman, owner of the private Gazi Medical College Hospital, said three people have died at the hospital's corona unit in the past 24 hours. Khulna General Hospital's corona unit spokesman Kazi Abu Rashed said that four Covid patients have died at the hospital since Tuesday morning.