• In the last 24 hours, 34,772 coronavirus tests were conducted out of which 1,792 returned positive.

In the second wave of Coronavirus infection, Pakistan has seen the number of Covid cases increase significantly. The total cases have crossed 458,000.

But the encouraging news is that only 1,792 cases were reported yesterday. The tally of newly confirmed cases was the lowest in 40 days. The last time country reported a lesser number of Covid cases was on 10th November.

This meant that the positivity rate remained only 5% yesterday. This rate had remained consistently above 7% in the past 4 to 6 weeks.

This is good news but we mustn't get carried away. The public must keep following SOPs put in place by the federal and provincial governments to curb the spread of the deadly disease.

Latest coronavirus statistics as provided by the federal government are as follows:

CONFIRMED CASES: 458,968 
New cases (Last 24 hours): 1,792 

DEATHS: 9,392 
New deaths (Last 24 hours): 62  

RECOVERED: 409,085 
New recoveries (Last 24 hours): 1,680 

TOTAL TESTS: 6,336,113 
Tests conducted in the last 24 hours: 34,772 

CRITICAL CASES: 2,403
Cases that got critical in the last 24 hours: 38