Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 07 Aug 2021, 02:37 am Print
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Islamabad: Pakistan recorded 95 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest death toll recorded due to the virus in the country during the ongoing fourth wave.
On May 20, Pakistan had registered 131 deaths. With fresh fatalities, the overall death toll reached 23,797, reports Geo News.
The country reported 4,720 new infections on Saturday, pushing the total caseload to 1,063,125. The NCOC data showed that 57,233 tests were taken in the last 24 hours to check for COVID-19, the news channel reported.
So far, 959,491 people have recovered from the disease.
Infections have risen sharply in Pakistan in recent days, with the positivity rate currently at 8.24%, reported the news channel.
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