The average recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has reached 95.96 percent in Rangpur division where the pandemic situation is improving in recent weeks.
Health officials said the number of positive cases decreases amid declining positivity rate and rising recovery rate of infected patients as the spread of the deadly virus is declining everyday.
“Forty more patients recovered during the last 24 hours ending at 8 am today raising the number of healed patients to 61,485 at the 95.96 percent recovery rate in the division,” Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Abu Md. Zakirul Islam told BSS Wednesday.
The 61,485 recovered patients include 14,383 of Rangpur, 4,319 of Panchagarh, 4,845 of Nilphamari, 3,168 of Lalmonirhat, 4,680 of Kurigram, 8,263 of Thakurgaon, 16,398 of Dinajpur and 5,429 of Gaibandha districts in the division.
Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases reached 64,073 as eight new patients were diagnosed after testing 242 new samples at the 3.31 percent positivity rate on Wednesday in the division.
Earlier, the daily Covid-19 positivity rates were 4.76 percent on Tuesday, 4.93 percent on Monday, 2.56 percent on Sunday, 10.19 percent on Saturday, 8.64 percent on Friday and 7.45 percent on Thursday last in the division.
The district-wise break up of total 64,073 patients include 14,946 of Rangpur, 4,415 Panchagarh, 5,473 of Nilphamari, 3,277 of Lalmonirhat, 4,975 of Kurigram, 8,577 of Thakurgaon, 16,904 of Dinajpur and 5,506 of Gaibandha in the division.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, a total of 3,37,437 collected samples were tested till Wednesday, and of them, 64,073 were found positive with an average positivity rate of 18.99 percent in the division.
On the other hand, the total number of casualties remained steady at 1,282 in the division as no new death was reported during the last 24 hours ending at 8 am day.
The district-wise break up of the 1,282 fatalities stands at 300 in Rangpur, 84 in Panchagarh, 92 in Nilphamari, 73 in Lalmonirhat, 69 in Kurigram, 259 in Thakurgaon, 340 in Dinajpur and 65 in Gaibandha districts of the division.
The average casualty rate currently stands at two percent in the division.
Among total 64,073 Covid-19 patients, 37 are undergoing treatments at isolation units, including seven patients at ICU and six at High Dependency Unit beds, after recovery of 61,485 patients and 1,282 deaths while 1,269 are remaining in home isolation.
“Meanwhile, the number of citizens who got the first dose of the Covid- 19 vaccine rose to 1,21,17,254 and among them, 84,93,817 got the second dose and 3,98,994 got the booster dose of the jabs till Wednesday in the division,” Dr Islam added.
Principal of Rangpur Medical College Professor Dr. Bimal Chandra Roy called upon common people to continue abiding by the health directives to remain safe despite the pandemic situation improving fast.
