Twenty-nine people died from Covid-19 in the 24 hours till 2:30pm yesterday, said the Directorate General of Health Services. The death toll rose to 1,997, which is 1.26 percent of all confirmed cases. Besides, 3,288 more people tested positive for the coronavirus, taking the number of confirmed cases to 1,59,679, said Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director general of DGHS,