174 Covid-19 deaths, 6,959 new cases reported in a day

One hundred seventy-four 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 24,349 and the death rate stands at 1.71 percent.

At least 6,959 new infections were recorded during the period, taking the total number of people infected to 1,425,861 added the release.

The current positivity rate is 21.08 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 16.89 percent.

A total of 33,015 samples were tested across the country during the period.

At least 9,268 Covid-19 patients have recovered during this period. The recovery rate stands at 91.31 percent.

Among the 174 deceased, 90 were men and 84 were women.

Of them, one was between 11-20 years of age, three were between 21-30, 12 between 31-40, 21 between 41-50, 41 between 51-60, 52 between 61-70,  33 within 71-80, seven between 81-90 and three between 91-100 and one over 100 years old, added the release.