21 Covid-19 deaths recorded in 24 hours, positivity rate now 2.88%

Twenty-one people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country now stands at 27,635 and the death rate stands at 1.77 percent.

At least 703 new infections were recorded during this period, taking the total number of infected to 15,60,155, added the release.

The current positivity rate is 2.88 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 15.81 percent.

A total of 24,376 samples were tested across the country in this 24 hours.

At least 817 Covid-19 patients have recovered during this period.

The total number of recoveries now stands at 15,21,113 and the recovery rate at 97.5 percent.

Among the 21 deceased, nine were men and 12 were women. Of them, one was aged between 11-20, two between 21-30, two between 31-40, four between 41-50, six between 51-60 and six were above 60 years old, added the release.