ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) officials have said over the past 24 hours Pakistan’s COVID-19 recovery rate reached 55.5% after 11,471 recoveries were recorded across the country.
According to the government’s COVID-19 portal, these recoveries were the highest single-day jump in the country. The recoveries in Punjab stand at 42,854, Sindh 50,908, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 15,520, Islamabad 8,610, Balochistan 5,331, Gilgit-Baltistan 1,185, and Azad Jammu Kashmir 686.
Previously, the highest single-day recoveries, 9,809, were recorded on June 12. According to official figures, there are 95,570 active cases in the country with the total number of infections at 225,283.
Meanwhile, Federal Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz has asserted that coronavirus infections were declining due to the smart lockdown strategy being implemented across the country.
Addressing a ceremony today, Senator Shibli Faraz informed that Pakistan was the first to implement the smart lockdown strategy. “The strategy is now being adopted by many countries around the world,” he claimed.
The Information Minister further said that the government was taking stern steps to contain the coronavirus outbreak. He said, “Efforts have been taken to increase the testing capacity in the country.”
Commenting on the coronavirus resources, Shibli Faraz said that the number of testing laboratories has been increased to 129 from just 2. “Ventilators are being produced in Pakistan by the Ministry of Science and Technology,” he added.
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