ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 9 more deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,515,392.
The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,281 on Tuesday.
According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 378 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Pakistan has conducted 29,216 tests in the past 24 hours out of which 378 persons were tested positive for the disease. The COVID Positivity Ratio was recorded at 1.29 percent.
Scientists have pinpointed 16 new genetic variants in people who developed severe COVID-19 in a large study published on Monday that could help researchers develop treatments for very sick patients.
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The results suggest that people with severe COVID have genes that predispose them to one of two problems: failure to limit the ability of the virus to make copies of itself, or excessive inflammation and blood clotting.
The scientists said their discoveries, published in the journal Nature, could help prioritise the likely treatments that could work against the disease.
Eventually, the information could even help predict which patients were likely to become severely ill.
