Twenty-two people -- 14 Covid-19 positive and eight with symptoms -- died in Kushtia in 24 hours till 8am today.
All of the deceased were being treated at the Covid unit of Kushtia General Hospital, reports our local correspondent quoting Taposh Kumar Sarkar, resident medical officer of the hospital.
A total of 268 patients were taking treatment in the Covid unit of the hospital till this morning. However, the unit's capacity is 200 beds.
In the 24 hours till 8 this morning, 589 samples were tested for coronavirus infection of which 176 tested positive. Current positivity rate stands at 29.88 percent.
Currently there are 3,313 people infected with the virus in the district. So far, 10,060 people have died from Covid-19 in Kushtia since the outbreak in the country, according to health ministry data.
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