ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 54 more deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 13,281.
According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 1,353 fresh COVID-19 infections were reported during the said period. “With the fresh inclusion of the infections in the country the national tally of cases now currently stands at 593,453,” it added.
The total count of active cases is 16,349 and the positivity rate stands at 4.25 percent. In the past 24 hours, as many as 3,365 patients have recovered from the virus and 1,644 patients are still in critical condition.
A total of 31,786 tests were conducted across the country during this period. Overall 563,823 people have recovered from the deadly disease so far while 9,278,613 samples have been tested thus far.