C T Online Desk: Feb 3, 2022– A total of 580 people were detected positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours after testing 3,071 samples in 16 Covid-19 laboratories in the district.
The Covid-19 infection rate in Chattogram hit almost 18.88 percent till Thursday morning.
Health experts warned that if the infection rate keeps increasing, the death rate would also increase.
With the diagnosis of 580 new cases, the total number of Covid-19 patients climbed to 1,21,572 in Chattogram district, Dr Ilias Chowdhury, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told BSS today.
At the same time, the number of healed Covid-19 patients rose to 1,01076 with the recovery of 466 more patients during the time in the district.
The average recovery rate currently stands at 83.14 percent in Chattogram city and district.
With no more new death recorded during the period, the death toll remains steady at 1,359.
A total of 3,845 infected patients are now undergoing treatment at different designated hospitals here.
