Over 31 lakh vaccinated for Covid-19

The number of people vaccinated crossed 30 lakh mark as the countrywide inoculation campaign entered 18th day yesterday.

With a total of 125,752 people vaccinated yesterday, the total number of people vaccinated has reached 31,10,525 according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.

The countrywide mass inoculation campaign started on February 7.

Meanwhile, eight more people died from novel coronavirus in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, said another press release from the DGHS.

With the latest fatalities, the total number of deaths has reached 8,408. The death rate was 1.54 percent.

At least 385 new infections were recorded in the same 24-hour period, taking the total number of infected people in the country to 546,216.

Against a total of 13,566 tests in those 24 hours, the positivity rate was 2.87 percent. The overall positivity rate now stands at 13.51 percent.

At least 817 Covid-19 patients have recovered during the same period. The total number of recoveries now stands at 496,924 and the recovery rate is 90.98 percent.

Among the eight deceased, six were males. One of the dead was aged between 31 and 40 years, one between 41 and 50, two between 51 and 60 and four were above 60 years, said the DGHS release.

As of 5:30pm yesterday, a total 4311,708 people have registered to get vaccines.