COVID-19 claims 40 more lives, infects over 4800 people in 24 hours

On Monday, showed at least 40 more patients of COVID-19 died overnight and 4,858 new cases emerged across the country, data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).

According to the latest statistics of NCOC, 56,414 COVID-19 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, of which 4,858 were confirmed to be positive.

The rate of positive cases in the country is 8.61%, which is the highest positivity rate since May 17, said that official portal.

The number of deaths has risen to 23,462 and the total number of cases has reached 1,039,965.