22 More Die at RMCH Corona Unit
Desk Report
Published: 01 Jul 2021, 12:51 pm
As the number of patients increases, so does the pressure on hospital beds. A patient was waiting for a hospital bed with shortness of breath. || Photo: Star Mail
In the last 24
hours, 22 more people have died in the corona unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital
(RMCH) due to coronavirus infection and its symptoms. Of these, five died of Covid-19
disease and 18 died with symptoms.
The patients
died at the hospital's Corona unit between 9 am on Wednesday (June 30) and 9 am
on Thursday (July 1). A maximum of 25 people died in the corona unit of the
hospital yesterday.
This morning,
the director of RMCH Hospital, Brigadier General Shamim Yazdani, confirmed the
matter and said that 22 people had died in different wards of the Corona unit.
Among them, 14 are from Rajshahi district, one from Chapainawabganj, one from
Natore, five from Naogaon and one from Jhenaidah.