Pakistan reported 3,752 coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours, the highest number of daily infections since May 21 when 4,007 infections were recorded.
For the past few weeks, Pakistan has continued to witness a surge in coronavirus cases amid fears of the spread of the Delta variant. Tests conducted in the last 24 hours also show the national positivity rate to have jumped to 7.51%, the highest in over two months. On May 20, the national positivity rate was recorded at 8.22%.
Earlier in March, the Covid positivity rate rose to above 10%. In April, it gradually declined and reached 8%. Then again, the positivity rate started declining and in May it was reported lower than seven percent.
However, in July, the positivity level has started increasing.
On Sunday, Pakistan’s Covid-19 death toll also crossed 23,000. The virus claimed 32 more lives in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 23,048.
Pakistan has lowest deaths per million from Covid19.
