Twenty one more patients died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
"Of the deceased, five were Covid-19 positive, fourteen died with Covid-like-symptoms and two others had post-Covid complexities,” said RMCH Director Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani.
Among the fatalities, ten hailed from Rajshahi, four each from Pabna and Naogaon, two from Chapainawabganj, and one from Natore district.
With newly admitted 43 patients, a total of 380 patients are undergoing treatment against 513 beds at the Covid unit, he added.
Meanwhile, 88 people were identified as Covid-19 positive against 346 samples tested in two PCR labs in RMCH on Monday while the infection rate was 23.10 per cent.
