Pakistan Covid recoveries surpass one million

The number of people who have made full recovery from the Covid-19 have surpassed one million on Friday, the National Command and Operation Centre’s data showed.

It said that the death toll was nearing 25,000 mark.

The infection tally also rose to 1,116,886 with 3,239 new cases reported over the last 24 hours after 51,982 COVID-19 tests were conducted, the NCOC stats showed.

Statistics 20 Aug 21:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 51,982
Positive Cases: 3239
Positivity % : 6.23%
Deaths : 70

— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) August 20, 2021

The number of active or currently ill patients are at 89,673, which is the highest since May 2 when the country recorded 89,661 active cases.

The NCOC counted 1,002,430 recovered cases after 3,027 more survivors were recorded. Meanwhile, 70 more people lost their lives to the disease, raising the death toll to 24,783.

The daily positivity rate, or rate of infected patients among those tested, is 6.23% out of 51,982 tests as of August 20. The recommended rate by the World Health Organization is below 5%, since high numbers may mean high transmission.

The average number of new infections reported each day in Pakistan rose by more than 940 over the last three weeks, 16% of its previous peak, according to Reuters.

COVID-19 infections are on the decline with 4,050 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 69% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 17.