Staff Correspondent:
Twenty-one more people have died from the corona virus in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll from the pandemic to 4,823 in the country.

Besides, 1615 fresh positive cases have been registered during the time. With this, the total number of confirmed cases climbed to 3,42,671.

The daily health press of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) online on Wednesday (Sept 16).

Besides, 1375 new people have recovered from the novel corona virus over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of recoveries in the country to 247,969 the health official said.

The first corona virus death was reported in the country on March 18, ten days after the detection of the first COVID-19 cases.

The corona virus, that first reported in China late last year, is now affecting 213 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.