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Pakistan continues to record high positivity ratio

According to the NCOC, the positivity rate is 7.76% as 4,619 people tested positive for the virus

By Web Desk
August 13, 2021
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ISLAMABAD: Despite restrictions, the COVID-19 positivity has not come down in the country with policymakers urging the masses to get themselves vaccinated to curb the virus spread.

On Friday, another 79 people died from coronavirus in Pakistan and 4,619 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The numbers from the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) showed that 59,504 COVD-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, of which 4,619 came back positive.

According to the official portal, the positivity rate is 7.76%.

The number of deaths from coronavirus in the country has reached 24,266 and the total number of cases has reached 1,089,913.

Apart from this, NCOC data showed that 3,937 patients have recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours across the country, bringing the total number of recoveries to 979,411 while the number of active cases is 86,236.