10 more die of Covid in Khulna

Ten more people have died of Covid-19 at three different hospitals in Khulna in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Saturday.

While seven were confirmed Covid-19 patients, three showed symptoms of the virus, the officials said.

Of them, six died at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, three at Gazi Medical College Hospital and one at the Covid unit of Khulna General Hospital.

Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital nodal officer Dr Suhas Ranjan Haldar said that six people have died at the hospital in the past 24 hours. Of them, three were confirmed Covid-19 patients.

Currently, some 188 people are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Of them, 115 are being treated in the red zone, 33 in the yellow zone, 20 in the ICU and 20 in the HDU.

Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, as many as 31 people have been admitted to the hospital and some 25 discharged post-recovery.

Dr Gazi Mizanur Rahman, owner of the private Gazi Medical College Hospital, said that three people have died at the hospital’s corona unit in the past 24 hours.

During this period, 21 new patients were admitted and 17 discharged.

Khulna General Hospital Corona unit spokesman Kazi Abu Rashed said a man named Mohammad Hasanuzzaman (60) of Naihati area of Rupsha upazila died at the hospital.

Besides, 76 people are currently undergoing treatment. In the past 24 hours, 15 people have been admitted and eight discharged.

Source: United News of Bangladesh

bdadmin