6 Covid-19 patients die at KMCH, positivity rate in Khulna 28.11%
Six patients of Covid-19 and another with coronavirus-like symptoms died at Khulna Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till this morning.
Also, 165 people tested positive for Covid-19, out of 619 samples tested at the hospital's PCR lab, in the same period, our Khulna correspondent reports.
Confirming the development, Dr Suhas Ranjan Halder, resident medical officer and spokesperson of KMCH's coronavirus unit, said, "Sample of the patient who died of Covid-19-like symptoms has been collected for test."
So far 159 patients have been admitted to the coronavirus unit of KMCH. Of them, 98 remain in the red zone, 25 in yellow zone, 20 at HDU and 18 in ICU, the doctor said.
In 24 hours till this morning, 52 patients were admitted to the unit, he added.
The current Covid-19 positivity rate in Khulna district is 28.11 percent, the physician said.
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