Over 6,540 new COVID 19 cases in Pakistan: NCOC

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Over 6,540 new COVID 19 cases in Pakistan: NCOC

Pakistan's National Command and Operation Center NCOC said on Saturday that more than 6,540 new COVID 19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours.

The country's positivity rate stood at 11.10 per cent after 58,902 tests were conducted over the last 24 hours following the new infections, the overall cases in Pakistan have reached 1,360, 019, said the NCOC.

There were 29,077 deaths in the country of COVID 19 -- including 12 patients who lost their lives to the Pandemic over the last 24 hours, according to the NCOC.

Sindh province has been the worst hit, with a total of 520,415 cases, followed by the eastern Punjab province where the virus has been detected in 460,335 people.