ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, for the first time in eight months, has registered more than 4,000 cases of coronavirus as a third wave of the COVID-19 washes over the country.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) shared that Pakistan carried out 42,418 tests in the last 24 hours, out of which 4,368 were positive. The new cases put the national positivity ratio at 10.3%.
Last time Pakistan reported over 4,000 cases was on July 3, when 4,087 people were diagnosed with the virus
The new cases take the national tally of COVID-19 cases to 645,356, out of which 264,062 have been detected in Sindh, 207,765 in Punjab, 82,677 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 54,347 in Islamabad, 19,427 in Balochistan, 12,095 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 4,983 in Gilgit Baltistan.
The number active cases in the country is currently at 40,120. Meanwhile, 591,145 people have recovered from the virus.
Pakistan also lost 63 people in the last 24 hours to the coronavirus. Out of that, 40 died in Punjab alone.
The national death toll after the recent deaths stands at 14,091. Out of those, 6,142 were residents of Punjab, 4,486 of Sindh, 2,260 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 555 of Islamabad, 205 of Balochistan, 103 of GB and 340 of AJK.
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