C T Online Desk: Jan 30, 2022- A total of 1,115 people were detected positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours after testing 4,065 samples in 12 Covid-19 laboratories in the district.
The Covid-19 infection rate in the district hit almost 27.41 percent till Saturday morning, amid a faster community spread of the lethal virus.
With the diagnosis of 1,115 new cases, the total number of Covid-19 patients climbed to 1,19,127 in the district, Dr. Ilias Chowdhury, civil surgeon of Chattogram told BSS today.
The number of positive cases continues rising rapidly in the last one month amid a declining trend in the recovery rate of the infected patients.
At the same time, the number of healed Covid-19 patients rose to 98,905 with the recovery of 376 more patients during the time in the district.
The average recovery rate currently stands at 83.45 percent in Chattogram city and district.
With four more new deaths recorded during the period, the death toll reached 1,354.
A total of 3,145 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at different designated hospitals here.
