LAHORE: Pakistan has reported 45,898 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, while the death toll stands at 985, according to the latest figures released by the national dashboard.
According to the National Command and Control Center (NCOC), more than 1,932 cases of coronavirus were reported while 46 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours.
As many as 12,489 patients have recovered from the disease, while the country is still witnessing a consistent rise in the COVID-19 cases.
As per details, 21 percent of the cases have foreign travel history while 79 percent of the cases are reported to be locally transmitted.
A total of 17,947 cases were reported in Sindh, 16,685 in Punjab, 6,554 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2,885 in Balochistan, 1,138 in Islamabad, 556 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and 133 in Azad Kashmir.
Out of a total of 737 deaths, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 291, Sindh 255, Balochistan 31, Gilgit-Baltistan 04, Punjab 245, Azad Kashmir 01 and Islamabad Capital Territory has reported 07 deaths.
Moreover, Pakistan has started ‘pool testing’ of COVID-19 suspects across the country in a bid to scan a maximum number of people.
The health authorities in the country have been preparing for the ‘pool’ or ‘group’ testing for weeks and the process has already started in various hospitals.
Pool testing is a way to screen large numbers of people for COVID-19 even if they are asymptomatic. Earlier, a number of other countries including Germany and a few states in North America implemented the technique with encouraging results.
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