Covid-19: Pakistan sees six more deaths, 758 fresh cases

ISLAMABAD: The novel coronavirus has claimed six more lives in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,516,150.

The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,287 on Wednesday.

According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 758 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Pakistan has conducted 36,569 tests in the past 24 hours out of which 758 persons were tested positive for the disease. The COVID Positivity Ratio was recorded at 2.07 percent.

So far, Sindh has reported as many as 570,688, Punjab 503,128, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 217,503, Balochistan 35,399, Islamabad 134,700, Azad Jammu and Kashmir 43,140, and Gilgit Baltistan 11,592.

According to new data, six million people have now died of Covid-19 since the pandemic began. This global milestone has been recorded by America’s Johns Hopkins University, suggesting that the pandemic is far from over.