3 die from Covid, 167 get infected

Three people died from Covid-19 and at least 167 got infected with the virus in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday.

With this, the total number of Covid fatalities in the country now stands at 29,319. The mortality rate remains unchanged at 1.46 percent, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.

The total number of cases has gone up to 20,10,490. The daily positivity rate was3.89 percent after 4,293 samples were tested countrywide during the 24-hour period.

At least 235 patients have recovered during the same period. With them, the total number of recoveries now stands at 19,54,585 and the recovery rate is 97.22 percent.