Thirty-nine people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
This is the highest number of deaths due to Covid-19 recorded in the span of a day in more than three months. On December 15 last year, the number of deaths in a day was 40.
The total number of deaths has now reached 8,869 and the death rate stands at 1.5 percent.
At least 3,674 new infections were recorded in the meantime taking the total number of people infected to 5,91,806, added the release.
Infection number in 24 hours has remained above 3,500 for the fifth consecutive day today.
The current positivity rate is 14.9 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 12.96 percent.
A total of 24,664 samples were tested across the country in 24 hours (till 8am today).
At least 1,971 Covid-19 patients have recovered during the period.
The total number of recoveries now stands at 5,33,922 and the recovery rate at 90.22 percent.
Among the 39 deceased, 24 were men and 15 were women. Of them three were between 31-40 years old, one within 41-50, 10 between 51-60 and 25 were above 60 years old, added the release.
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