CHATTOGRAM, July 4, 2021 (BSS) – The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases crossed the 60,000 mark in the district where the infection rate continues rising again in recent days.

The infection rate is the highest 33.79 percent today after the outbreak of corona.

Health officials said the number of COVID-19 cases speedily raised to 60,368 as 369 more persons were reported Covid-19 positive after testing 1089 samples on Saturday in the district.

“The infection rate is showing a quick enhancing trend again and recovery rate is also gradually reducing continuously in the district in recent weeks,” Focal Person of COVID-19 Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.

The health experts urged city dwellers again and again to strictly follow health rules and use masks.

Among the newly detected patients, 223 are from Chattogram city and 146 from different upazilas of the district, hospital sources said.

With the six deaths on Saturday, the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Chattogram reached 717, Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, said.

Among the reported fatalities, 481 were the residents of the port city and the rest 236 were from different upazilas of the district, he said.

Civil surgeon told BSS that among the total infected persons, 46,967 are the residents of the port city and the rest 13,401 are residents of different upazilas of the district.   

“The number of cured patients from the lethal virus infection has reached 49,905 in the district with the recovery of 159 more patients on Saturday,” Dr Rabbi said, adding that the percentage of recovery rate stands at 82.65.

A total of 6,440 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at designated hospitals here, the health official mentioned.