The new covid-19 infections in the country are said to have increased to 257 from the 23rd of last month until yesterday.

The new covid-19 infections in the country are said to have increased to 257 from the 23rd of last month until yesterday.

The Ministry of health had last month indicated that, the positivity rate has increased from 0.36 percent to 0.93 percent.

The ministry also said, no new covid-19 related deaths have been reported in the country however, the new report shows that the total number of covid-19 related deaths country wide has increased to 699 from 698.