Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) recorded seven more fatalities at its Covid-19 unit in the last 24 hours till 6am today, taking the death toll to 103 so far this month, reports BSS.
The previous day's death figure in the unit was four. Earlier, the number of casualties was 340 in August, 566 in July and 405 in June, health officials said.
RMCH Director Brigadier General Dr Shamim Yazdani told newsmen that three of the deceased were the residents of Rajshahi, while two were from Naogaon and one each from Natore and Pabna districts.
"Of the fresh fatalities, one tested positive for Covid-19 and six others had its symptoms," he said.
Apart from this, of the seven fresh fatalities, two were male and five female. Twenty more patients were admitted to the designated Covid-19 wards of the hospital in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of admitted patients to 122, including 42 positive cases.
Twenty other patients returned home from the RMCH Covid-19 unit after being cured during the time.
Yazdani said 50 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 after testing 452 samples in Rajshahi's two laboratories on Wednesday, showing 4.98 percent positivity rate against 1.41 percent on Tuesday.
The previous day's 1.41 percent positivity rate among the tested samples in two laboratories was the ever-lowest since the second wave of the virus hit the region in March last.