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The Covid-19 dedicated unit of the hospital has 130 beds, he added.
Among the 156, 91 were in Red Zone, 26 in Yellow Zone, 20 in high dependency unit and 19 were in intensive care unit, Dr Suhas also said.
Meanwhile, 42 new patients were admitted during the period while 41 returned home after recovering, he added.
On the other hand, results of 210 samples came out positive for coronavirus infection among the 554 samples tested in KMCH PCR lab during 24 hours till this morning, Principal Dr Mehedi Newaj said. Current positivity rate is 40.94 percent.
Among the positive patients, 174 are from Khulna, 25 from Bagerhat, seven from Jashore, one from Satkhira, two from Narail and one is from Pirojpur.