The hospital’s Covid unit has logged 161 deaths in the last 16 days. Total 48 people have been admitted to the Covid unit of the hospital in the past 24 hours. "We are doing our best and providing treatment to as many Covid patients as possible at the hospital after arranging additional beds," said RMCH Director Shamim. In the last 24 hours, as many as 1,581 samples were tested in the Rajshahi district. Despite the district going through a strict lockdown, random breaches of the restrictions imposed by the authorities were observed.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 16, 2021 08:15 UTC