Another dies of Covid

One person died of Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, said a DGHS press release.

Meanwhile, 389 people tested positive for the virus after 5,625 samples were tested across the country, raising the daily positivity rate to 6.92 percent from the previous day's 5.86.

With the new figure, Covid deaths rose to 29,402, while that of confirmed cases rose to 20,32,832.

During the same period, 644 have recovered ] with the recovery rate now standing at 97.15 percent.

The deceased was a male aged between 71 and 80.