8 more die, 406 infected with Covid
Eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the latest deaths, the total number of fatality reached 8,337 and the death rate stands at 1.54 percent.
At least 406 new infections were recorded in the meantime, taking the total number of people infected to 542,674, added the release.
The current positivity rate is 2.85 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 13.83 percent.
A total of 14,232 samples were tested across the country in those 24 hours.
At least 536 Covid-19 patients have recovered during the period.
The total number of recoveries now stands at 490,468 and the recovery rate at 90.38 percent.
Among the eight dead, six were men and two were women.
Of them, one was between 21-30 years old, one between 41-50, two between 51-60 and four were above 60 years old, added the release.
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