ISLAMABAD: At least four more people succumbed to coronavirus while As many as 160 new cases reported countrywide during the past 24 hours.
According to the statistics issued by National Institute of Health (NIH), a total of 15,554 Covid-19 diagnostic tests were conducted, of which 160 samples came back positive.
Meanwhile, four more patients succumbed to the day virus during the same period. Following the detection of new cases, the COVID-19 positivity rate dropped to 1.03 percent as compared to yesterday’s 1.22 percent.
The NIH stated that almost 98 coronavirus patients were being treated in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) across the country at different medical facilities.
It is pertinent to mention here that a total of over 1.5 million Covid-19 cases have been reported in Pakistan so far, while the total number of coroanvirus-related deaths has reached 30,600.