2 more die from Covid, 295 infected

Two people have died from Covid-19 while 295 others tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services.

The positivity rate has increased to 7.78 percent from the previous day's 7.15.

The new cases were lodged after 3,794 samples were tested across the country during this period.

With the new figure, the number of Covid-19 deaths has reached 29,395.

Meanwhile, 516 people have recovered from the infection, with the recovery rate now at 97.12 percent.

The deceased were a male and a female, both aged between 41 and 70.