The Khulna division logged 31 new deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday.
According to the health director's office, nine people died in Khulna, six in Jessore, five in Kushita, four in Jhenaidah, three in Magura, two in Chuadanga, and one each in Bagerhat and Meherpur districts.
The total death toll in the division has now reached 2,294, say health officials.
Some 866 people tested positive for Covid-19 during the period, according to the divisional health department.
Some 90,549 cases have been detected in 10 districts of the division since the onset of Covid.
In the Khulna division, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Chuadanga on March 19, 2021. So far, 65,461 people have been recovered in the division.
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