A day ago the country crossed 24,000 deaths due to the infection.

The Covid positivity rate was 7.50 per cent.

Out of the 64,690 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, 4,856 people tested positive for the coronavirus.

A slight decrease was recorded in the positive cases a day ago. It was reported that the total number of tests conducted on the day were under 50,000 which could be a reason for decline in the infected cases.

So far more than 11 million people have been fully vaccinated against the virus, while at least 39 million people have received first doze of the vaccine.