With detection of record 122 new cases in all eight districts on Tuesday, the total number of novel coronavirus infected patients in Rajshahi division climbed to 1,862, said Divisional Director of Health Dr Gopendra Nath Acharya Wednesday.
With the detection of record 122 new cases in all eight districts, the total number of novel coronavirus infected patients in Rajshahi division climbed to 1, 862 on Wednesday.
With the new detected cases, the district-wise break-up of reported Covid-19 cases now stood at 98 in Rajshahi, 58 in Chapainawabganj, 166 in Naogaon, 69 in Natore, 212 in Joypurhat, 955 in Bogra, 162 in Sirajganj and 142 in Pabna districts.
At least 77 new cases were detected in Bogra district only, taking its total number of reported cases to 955, the highest number among all eight districts in the division, said Dr. Gopendra Nath Acharya, Divisional Director of Health.
He added that 16 more people have also tested positive for Covid-19 in Sirajganj followed by 13 in Pabna, 10 in Rajshahi and four in Naogaon on the day.
Of the total infected patients, 413 have so far recovered from the deadly disease with 20 fatalities and 352 others were undergoing treatment in hospitals in the division till Wednesday morning.
Dr. Gopendra Nath said all the positive cases for Covid-19 have, so far, been brought under necessary treatment while 661 others are being monitored in isolation units in different hospitals under institutional supervision and another 425 were released.
Following confirmation of new Covid-19 cases, the respective houses of the infected persons in different areas in the division were placed on 14-day isolation.
Dr Gopen said the whereabouts of the persons who came in contact with Covid-19 patients were brought to notice and they were asked to remain in home isolation so that the virus cannot spread further.
On the other hand, a total of 338 more people have been sent to home and institutional quarantine as part of the present efforts of bringing all suspected people under quarantine, while 219 others were released in all eight districts of the division over the last 24 hours till 8 am today.
With this, the number of total quarantined people in both home and institutional ones stood at 4,196 at present. A total of 41,227 people had, so far, been kept under quarantine since March 10 to prevent community transmission of coronavirus (Covid-19).
Of them, 37,431 have, by now, been released as they were given clearance certificates after completing their respective 14-day quarantine period in the division.
Among the new quarantined people, two have been kept under home quarantine in Rajshahi, two in Chapainawabganj, 96 in Naogaon, 13 in Joypurhat, 147 in Bogra, 11 in Sirajganj and 67 in Pabna districts.
Divisional Director Dr Gopen Nath added that utmost emphasis has been given to bring all the suspected people under quarantine, isolation and testing as these are being adjudged as important means of containing the community transmission of the virus.
Meanwhile, 72,078 personal protective equipment (PPE) have so far been distributed among the frontline healthcare workforces to handle the Covid-19 pandemic through protecting themselves from the virus infection. There are 42,413 more PPE in stock for distribution.
A total of 935 doctors and 1,669 nurses are working in 190 public and private hospitals in the division. Around 1,914 beds, out of the total 4,899, have already been prepared for treatment of the possible Covid-19 infected patients.
Our correspondents Dulal Abdullah, Rajshahi, Nazmul Huda Nasim, Bogra, Anwar Hossain, Chapainawabganj, Abdur Rouf Pavel, Naogaon, Kamal Mridha , Natore, Emroz Khondker, Pabna and Aminul Islam Rana , Sirajganj contributed the reports.
