Eleven districts, together with Chattogram, fall into the high-risk class, whereas 31 others are at medium risk. Districts at high risk have registered positivity charges of 10 to 19 %.
Bandarban, nonetheless, has not been counted amongst this group regardless of recording a positivity charge of 14.12 % as a result of the DGHS says the quantity of assessments carried out there is too low.
The DGHS made the announcement on Wednesday, based mostly on knowledge from Jan 10 to Jan 16.
According to their depend, 80 % of new COVID instances have been logged in Dhaka. Of the 8,407 new sufferers registered on Tuesday, 6,597 have been residents of Dhaka – almost 78 %.
The DGHS has created three colour-coded classes for districts in the nation to delineate pandemic risk. Areas at high risk are in pink, these at medium risk are in yellow, and people at low risk are in inexperienced.
Districts above a 20 % positivity charge are denoted in darkish pink, with a good darker shade of pink for use for any districts that cross a positivity charge of 30 %.
The high-risk districts are Chattogram, Rajshahi, Rangamati, Bogura, Kushtia, Dinajpur, Jashore, Lalmonirhat, Gazipur, Panchagarh and Khagrachhari. Among them, Chattogram has a positivity charge of 18.48 %.
Sherpur, Sirajganj, Narayanganj, Rangpur, Khulna, Mymensingh, Feni, Kurigram, Jamalpur, Sylhet, Natore, Cox’s Bazar, Thakurgaon, Jhenaidah, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Naogaon, Barishal, Magura, Joypurhat, Jhalkathi, Noakhali, Patuakhali, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Satkhira, Lakshmipur, Pirojpur, Bagerhat, Shariatpur and Narail are all in the yellow zone of medium risk, having registered 5 % to 9 % positivity charges.
Twenty different districts are in the inexperienced class as their positivity charge is nonetheless under 5 %.
They are Cumilla, Chandpur, Pabna, Brahmanbaria, Habiganj, Narsingdi, (*12*), Sunamganj, Tangail, Madaripur, Rajbari, Bhola, Netrokona, Gaibandha, Chapainawabganj, Barguna, Chuadanga, Nilphamari and Meherpur.
The quantity of infections has risen in 61 districts and fallen in three inside the previous week, in line with DGHS knowledge.
Dhaka has seen infections soar by 15 % – the highest in the nation. Chattogram has seen a spike of 13.82 %. Rangamati has seen an increase of 12.58 % from the earlier week.
“It has spread to the entire country and the number of cases is rising day by day,” Dr Mushtaq Ahmed, a former IEDCR chief scientific officer, informed bdnews24.com.
“If we do sufficient tests, I fear we could see 30,000 to 50,000 new cases recorded in a single day.”
