Daily Covid-19 deaths below 200

One hundred and ninety-seven 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 23,810 and the death rate stands at 1.69 percent.

At least 8,465 new infections were recorded during the period, taking the total number of people infected to 14,05,333, added the release.

The current positivity rate is 20.83 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 16.85 percent.

A total of 40,641 samples were tested across the country during the period.

At least 11,457 Covid-19 patients have recovered during this period.

The total number of recoveries now stands at 83,42,190 and the recovery rate at 90.62 percent.

Among the 197 deceased, 108 were men and 89 were women.

Of them, one was between 0-10 years old, one was within 11-20, seven were between 21-30, three between 31-40, 17 between 41-50, 43 between 51-60, 62 between 61-70, 41 within 71-80, 18 between 81-90, three were within 91-100, and one was above 100 years old, added the release.