Thirteen people were reported dead from Covid-19 in  24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

 With this, the total number of deaths rose to 6,140, while the death rate stood at 1.44 percent.

Another 1,845 cases were recorded in the same 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 4,27,198, added the release. This was the highest number of cases recorded in a single day in November.

 Against a number of 17,112 tests yesterday, the positivity rate was 10.78 percent, while the overall positivity rate stood at 17.08 percent.

At least 1,737 Covid-19 patients recovered in the 24 hours.

 With this, the total number of recoveries rose to 3,44,868, while the recovery rate stood at 80.73 percent.

Among the 13 deceased yesterday, four were females. All of them died in hospitals, according to the press release.

Four of them were aged between 51 and 60 years and nine were above 60 years old, added the release.

As of yesterday, a total of 2,533 patients were undergoing treatment in general beds while 268 were in ICU beds at the Covid-19 designated hospitals across the country, added the release.