LAHORE: With 24 more Covid deaths during the last 24 hours, the infectivity rate of the virus dropped to three per cent in Punjab.

According to the Covid official update released on Thursday, the death toll reached 9,899 in Punjab and 4,044 in L ahore.

A spokesperson for the health department said out of the total 24 deaths, 10 were reported from the provincial capital alone while four others from rest of the province, showing the virus deaths declining fast with every passing day.

He said the total number of infections in Punjab reached 337,073 after 758 more people tested positive duringthelast24 hours.