Seventeen more people have died of Covid-19 at four hospitals in Khulna in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Monday.
Twelve of the patients tested Covid-19 positive while 5 showed symptoms of the virus, the officials said.
Of them, 10 died at Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital, 3 each at Gazi Medical College Hospital and the Covid unit of Khulna General Hospital and 1 at Shahid Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital.
Khulna Corona Dedicated Hospital nodal officer Dr Suhas Ranjan Haldar said that 10 people have died at the hospital in the past 24 hours. Of them, 5 were confirmed Covid-19 patients.
Dr Gazi Mizanur Rahman, owner of private Gazi Medical College Hospital, said three people have died at the hospital’s corona unit in the past 24 hours.
Khulna General Hospital Corona unit spokesman Kazi Abu Rashed said three Covid patients died at the hospital.
Source: United News of Bangladesh