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Eight more die of Covid in Kushtia
Eight more people have died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours at Kushtia General Hospital on Saturday morning.
Kushtia, Aug 21 : Eight more people have died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours at Kushtia General Hospital, health officials said on Saturday morning.
All the eight deceased were confirmed Covid patients and had been admitted to the hospital’s Covid unit.
Kushtia General Hospital official Md Mejbaul Alam said that the number of Covid deaths increased on Saturday as compared to that of Friday but the number of Covid-infected patients have decreased.
As of Saturday morning, the infection rate in Kushtia was 19.08 percent.
So far, 17,165 Covid-19 infected people have been identified in the district, of which 14,478 people have recovered and 693 died, reports UNB.