ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, on Friday, has reported 3,498 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, lifting the overall number of confirmed cases to 1,477,573.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 58,077 samples were tested, out of which 3,498 turned out to be positive, showing an infection rate of 6.02 per cent as compared to yesterday’s 7.1%.
As many as 39 patients succumbed to the viral disease in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 29,687. The NCOC said the number of patients in critical care in various hospitals across the country currently stands at 1,663.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Pakistan has conducted overall 25,639,757 tests to diagnose the COVID-19 cases including 58,077 tests during the past 24 hours.
