COVID-19 outbreak: Six deaths, 526 cases reported during 24 hours across country

(Karachi) At least six people died while 526 new cases of coronavirus infections surfaced during the last 24 hours across the country, National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) confirmed on Sunday.

As per details, 6,379 patients died of coronavirus so far, whereas, the number of active cases of COVID-19 reached to 5,673. The total number of cases in the country has reached 310,48.

Overall 289,429 patients have recovered from the virus while 31,411 coronavirus tests have been conducted. At least 1,000 COVID-19 patients are admitted to hospitals while 96 are on ventilators.

Earlier, a study by Imperial College, London suggested that the novel pandemic is currently “on its course to fade out” in Pakistan, ranking the country amongst those with the lowest reproductive rate of the virus globally.

The effective reproductive rate of COVID19 in Pakistan is less than 1, meaning the virus is at present stable and growing slowly. There has been a marked decline in the number of confirmed cases across all provinces.