"The country reported 30.77 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 45,044 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The daily infection continued to exceed the 10,000 marks for several days since July 6, "The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
 
The official tally showed the virus killed 20,467 people and infected 12,40,115 so far, it added.
 
The recovery count rose to 10,64,195 after another 13,975 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past day.
 
The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 85.81 percent recovered, while 1.65 percent died.