Pakistan records over 700 new Covid cases

Pakistan has recorded 708 new Covid infections during the last 24 hours, registering its highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day since October 30, as official data on Monday morning showed.

The statistics issued by the National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) suggested that 45,643 diagnostic tests were conducted overnight, during which 708 people tested positive for coronavirus.

The latest infections pushed the positivity ratio of the country to 1.55%.

On October 30, the country reported 733 cases.

Meanwhile, two patients succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide death tally to 28,943, while 144 patients recuperated, which placed the number of total recoveries at 1,257,168

According to NCOC, the total number of cases reported so far has reached 1,297,235, and the number of active cases is 11,124.