Pakistan records seven more Covid deaths

KARACHI: Pakistan on Wednesday reported seven more deaths in the last 24 hours due to novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive virus cases surged to 1,547,795 while the nationwide tally of fatalities jumped to 30,452.

According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 592 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the country in the past 24 hours. Pakistan has conducted 21,264 tests in the past 24 hours out of which 592 persons were tested positive for the disease. The COVID Positivity Ratio was recorded at 2.78 percent.