Times of Islamabad

Pakistan witnesses surge in number of deaths from Coronavirus

Pakistan witnesses surge in number of deaths from Coronavirus

ISLAMABAD: The statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC)has shown that the coronavirus pandemic claims 87 more lives, whereas,3,179 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours.

In the past 24 hours, 87 more people succumbed to the disease, taking thedeath toll to 9,250. 4,649 patients have recovered from the virus duringthe last 24 hours and 2,486 patients are in critical condition, however, nocritical case was added in today’s tally.

The total count of active cases is 40,922 and the positivity rate isrecorded up to 6.61 per cent.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), with freshinclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases nowcurrently stands at 451,494.

A total of 48,075 tests were conducted across the country during thisperiod. Overall 404,501 people have recovered from the deadly disease sofar while 6,264,135 samples have been tested thus far.