Pakistan reports 620 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
ISLAMABAD, July 27(SABAH): The COVID-19 positivity ratio in Pakistan surged near to 4% in a single day as the country logged 620 new cases in the last 24 hours, the National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH) data showed Wednesday morning.
The new infections were detected after testing on 16,704 samples and pushed Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity ratio to 3.71% and the number of total cases to 1,551,871.
Meanwhile, 588 people recovered from COVID-19 while four others succumbed to it during the course of treatment, taking Pakistan’s coronavirus death toll to 30,474.
After the new recoveries and deaths, the country’s active COVID-19 case count moved to 7,660 overnight.