STAFF CORRESPONDENT

After around two and a half months, the number of Covid-19 cases surpassed 100-mark yesterday as the health directorate reported 119 cases countrywide.

On March 25, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 102 cases.

Since then, the numbers of daily confirmed cases under the 100-mark and hit the lowest, four cases, on May 5.

Despite an increase later, the numbers remained below 50 until June 6. The number has continued to rise since then.

In the past week ending yesterday, the number of cases has increased by around 81 percent compared to the preceding week.

The positivity rate has also increased.

Yesterday, the DGHS reported 2.06 percent positivity rate against 5,280 samples tested in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

No Covid-19 patient, however, died yesterday.

So far, the Covid-19 has claimed 29,131 lives in the country.

The first cases of Covid-19 were reported on March 8, 2020. Since then, more than 19.54 lakh confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported as of yesterday.