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Coronavirus claims more 79 deaths in last 24 hours

Coronavirus claims more 79 deaths in last 24 hours
August 13, 2021 Web Desk

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) claimed more 79 deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the country’s overall death toll to 24,266 on Friday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 4,619 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in a day and the number of positive cases has surged to 1,089,913.The positivity rate of infections was recorded at 7.76 per cent.

Till now 407,892 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 369,358 in Punjab, 150,708 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 92,768 in Islamabad, 31,396 in Balochistan, 28,654 in Azad Kashmir and 9,137 in Gilgit-Baltistan.