34 more die of Covid, 1,444 infected

Thirty-four people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, read a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With this, the total number of deaths reached 12,583 and death rate stands at 1.58 percent.

At least 1,444 new infections were recorded in the meantime taking the total number of people infected to 798,830, added the release.

The current positivity rate is 10.11 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 13.47 percent.

A total of 14,277 samples were tested across the country in those 24 hours.

At least 1,397 Covid-19 patients have recovered in this period. The total number of recoveries now stands at 738,805 and the recovery rate at 92.48 percent.

Among the 34 dead, 23 were men and 11 women.

Of them one aged between 21-30 years, two between 31 and 40, five between 41 and 50, five between 51 and 60, and 21 were above 60 years, added the release.