Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity rate reaches 3 pct with 582 new cases – Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, July 25 (Xinhua) — With 582 fresh cases reported during the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 positivity rate in Pakistan has reached 3 percent, according to the country’s ministry of health on Monday.

The new infections were detected after diagnostic testing was performed on 19,389 samples.

With the new infections, the overall number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen to 1,550,880 in the Asian country, showed the data released by the ministry.

A total of 282 people were reported to have recovered from the pandemic over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,512,841, according to the ministry’s statistics.

A total of 30,469 people died of COVID-19 in Pakistan, with two more deaths reported over the last 24 hours, said the ministry.

Pakistan’s southern Sindh province is the worst-hit region with 589,896 infections recorded, followed by the eastern Punjab province, which has reported 511,799 cases so far. ?

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