ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 4,874 fresh COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 56,051 samples were tested, out of which 4,874 turned out to be positive, showing an infection rate of 8.69 per cent.
The nationwide tally of confirmed infections rose to 1,459,773 with the addition of 4,874 new cases.
As many as 30 patients succumbed to the viral disease in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 29,478. The NCOC said the number of patients in critical care in various hospitals across the country rose to 1,618.
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Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Pakistan has conducted overall 25,378,187 tests to diagnose the coronavirus including 56,021 tests during the past 24 hours.
