Eight new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country. No new deaths were reported during the same period.

The information was provided in a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday.

According to the DGHS, A total of 218 samples were tested during this period with a positivity rate of 3.67 percent.

The DGHS said that 29,522 people have died from COVID-19 since March 18, 2020. Of these, 23 have died since January this year.

In addition, 20,52,162 people have been tested positive since March 8, 2020, of which 617 have been tested positive since January this year.