CHAPAINAWABGANJ, July 5, 2021 (BSS) – A number of 27 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours till this morning, raising the total number of infection to 4,294 in the district.

A total of 260 samples were tested during the time, showing the infection rate 10.38 percent, Civil Surgeon Office sources confirmed.

Among the newly detected patients, 16 people are from sadar upazila, 10 from Gomastapur upazila and one from Bholahat upazila.

Of the total detected patients, 2,382 persons are from sadar upazila, 743 from Shibganj upazila, 565 from Gomostapur upazila, 345 from Nachole upazila and 259 from Bholahat upazila.

A total of 758 patients are undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in the district. Of them, 75 are in dedicated Covid hospital and others at home.

Meanwhile, 114 patients have died of COVID-19 and 3,422 were cured from the lethal virus with 31 new recoveries found.