No Covid death in 24 hrs, positivity rate 0.71pc

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday while 13 others tested positive for the virus.

The total number of coronavirus deaths in the country remains at 29,442 while the mortality rate stands at1.44 percent, read a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.

A total of 1,824 samples were tested across the country during this period. With this, the total number of cases rose to 2,037,556.

The current positivity rate stands at 0.71 percent while the total positivity rate at 13.36 percent.

Meanwhile, 228 patients recovered from the infection in these 24 hours.