ISLAMABAD: Seven more Covid–related deaths were reported in Pakistan in the previous 24 hours while 252 new cases of the pandemic took the infection tally to 1,283,475.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) data, the death toll in the country has risen to 28,697 after seven more people succumbed to the viral disease.
As many as 35,176 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, out of which 252 were declared positive for the virus. The positivity rate was recorded at 0.71 per cent.
ISALABAD According to data released by the National Leadership and Operation Center (NCOC) on Friday, Pakistan’s daily Covid-19 instances have dropped below 1,000 after more than three months. The NCOC had earlier on Thursday announced that 19 cases had been reported during the pandemic response.
On July 5, Pakistan had previously declared 830 confirmed cases. But after that, the number of new cases started to increase, necessitating strict efforts by the government to limit the pandemic.
On October 21, 912 out of 45,619 tests that were conducted the day before resulted in a positive percentage of 1.99%.
There were 26 deaths and 2763 critically ill patients.
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