Six die from Covid, highest in 2 months
At least six Covid-19 patients died while 718 people tested positive for the infection in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
This is the highest number of Covid deaths and highest number of cases reported in a day since the beginning of August.
The new cases were lodged after 5,288 samples were tested across the country.
The daily positivity rate rose to 13.58 percent from the previous day's 12.96 percent, says a press release published by the Directorate General of Health Services.
With the new numbers, the total number of deaths have reached 29,259, with the death rate at 1.45 percent.
Three of the deceased were male, while the other three were female. Two were aged between 31 and 60, and the rest were above 60.
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