Seventeen more people died at the Covid units of four Khulna hospitals in the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday.
Of them, ten patients died at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), three each at Gazi Medical College Hospital and Khulna General Hospital and one at Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised Hospital.
Dr Suhas Ranjan Halder, resident medical officer of KMCH and Gazi Mizanur Rahman, owner of Gazi Medical College Hospital, Dr Kazi Abu Rashed, spokesman in Khulna General Hospital Corona unit, and Dr Prakash Debnath, focal person of Shaheed Sheikh Abu Nasser Specialized Hospital, individually confirmed the matter.