ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s daily COVID-19 death toll rose again Wednesday morning after several days of drop, with 43 individuals succumbing to the virus in a single day, according to data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
For the past five days, the country’s daily death toll has stayed below 40.
According to today’s figures, the total number of coronavirus deaths reported in the country is now 30,096.
In the last 24 hours, the national COVID-19 body conducted 41,744 diagnostic tests, of which 1,232 were positive. Pakistan’s coronavirus positive rate increased to 2.95 percent, bringing the total number of cases to 1,503,873.
Meanwhile, 3,154 patients who had been infected with the coronavirus recovered overnight, bringing the total number of active cases to 64,262.
In three cities, the NCOC has lifted COVID-19 limitations.
After seeing a downward trend in coronavirus positivity rates across the country, the NCOC on Tuesday lifted some of the country’s general restrictions, regardless of city-by-city coronavirus positivity rates.
Furthermore, the forum resolved to remove Karachi, Hyderabad, and Peshawar from the list of cities/districts where limits had previously been imposed.
Last Monday, the forum released a list of six cities/districts where the COVID-19 positive was greater than 10%, stating that the existing limits would be maintained.
Gilgit, Muzaffarabad, and Mardan are the cities/districts where COVID-19 positive is still above 10%.
