C T Online Desk: Jan 23, 2022 – A total of 1,026 people were detected
positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours after testing 2,655 samples in 16
Covid-19 laboratories in the district.
Dr Ilias Chowdhury, civil surgeon of Chattogram district, said the
number of Covid-19 cases again speedily rose to 1,11,123 as 1,026 more people
were reported positive for Covid-19 till Sunday morning.
At the same time, the number of healed Covid-19 patients rose to 96,252
with the recovery of 140 more patients during the time in the district.
The average recovery rate currently stands at 87.02 percent in
Chattogram city and district.
With no more new deaths recorded during the period, the death toll
remains steady at 1,343.
A total of 1542 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at
different designated hospitals here.
Dr Ilias Chowdhury said the pandemic situation is again deteriorating
rapidly during the last two weeks in the district.
