15 new Covid cases reported in 24hrs

Fifteen more COVID-19 cases were reported across the country during the last 24 hours as of Saturday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total COVID-19 caseload rose to 2,050,670, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,495 as no new fatalities were reported during this period.

The daily case test positivity rate was 4.90 percent as 306 samples were tested, said the DGHS.

The recovery and death rates stood at 98.41 percent and 1.44 per cent, respectively.

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