ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's daily coronavirus case load is nearing the 2,000 cases mark, with 1,980 new infections reported by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) Wednesday morning.
Another 24 people died of coronavirus in Pakistan in the last 24 hours, pushing the national death tally since the pandemic started to 22,642.
Latest data issued by the NCOC shows that after 47,472 tests were conducted on July 13, 1,980 people tested positive for coronavirus.
Pakistan's positivity rate went over 4%, with the current rate at 4.17%.
The total active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan, too, crossed the 40,000 mark and are currently 40,862.
According to a province-wise breakdown, the total cases reported in Sindh so far are 349,586, in Punjab 348,725, in Khyber Paktunkhwa 139,710, in Islamabad Capital Territory 83,956, in Balochistan 28,434, in Gilgit-Baltistan 7,044 and in Azad Jammu and Kashmir 21,392.
At least 915,343 people have recovered so far across Pakistan, making it a significant count. According to NCOC's figures, the total number of cases has reached 978,847.
MoUs worth $2 billion likely to be signed between Islamabad and Riyadh during the official visit
Statement comes in light of previous statement made by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb
Police official says girl was found dead at 7:30am at some distance from her house
Chief meteorologist says no evolution of low pressure right now as cyclone is formed at its fifth stage
Injured being shifted to hospital, measures are underway to ascertain nature of blast, say police
PTI protests paralysed life in Rawalpindi and Islamabad as authorities sealed off twin cities
