Pakistan records 80 deaths, over 2,600 new virus cases

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan reported 80 deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total death toll to 9,330.

A total of 37,206 COVID-19 tests were conducted across the country over the last 24 hours and of them 2,615 were found to infected with the virus.

The country’s National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said that out of the 80 people who succumbed to the disease within a day, 44 were put on a ventilator.

The number of people who contracted the disease rose to 454,673.

At present, there are a total of 40,553 active coronavirus cases in the country. Since the pandemic broke out, 407,405 people have recovered from the disease.