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Men wearing protective face masks walk amid the rush of people outside a market during an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 8, 2020. — Reuters/File Pakistan reports 421 infections when 16,648 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours.  No death was reported from the virus in the county during the same period. Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity ratio stands at 2.53%.  KARACHI: Pakistan's coronavirus positivity rate dropped to 2.53% as the country reported 421 fresh cases of the pathogen during the past 24 hours, data from the National Institute of Health (NIH) showed Tuesday morning. According to the latest statistics issued by the NIH, the country reported 421 infections when 16,648 tests were conducted overnight, taking the country's total coronavirus case count to 1,560,250. In addition to this, no death was reported from the virus in the county during the same period. According to NIH stats, 159 COVID-19 pati

Pakistan has reported a consistent drop in COVID-19 cases. Photo: AFP  Pakistan's daily COVID-19 case count down to 644. Country reports zero deaths from coronavirus in last 24 hours, NIH data shows. NIH also reports decline in positivity rate. KARACHI: Pakistan's coronavirus cases have consistently registered a downward trend over the last five days, data from the National Institute of Health (NIH) showed Sunday morning. The country has posted zero COVID-19 deaths for the last two days. The last coronavirus-related deaths were reported on August 5 when two patients succumbed to the disease. The total COVID-19 deaths stand at 30,505, according to the NIH data. The country reported 644 infections out of a total 22,126 tests conducted during the last 24 hours, according to the NIH data. The country's positivity rate has come down to 2.81%. With the new infections, the total number of cases reported in the country currently stands at 1,558,557 since the pandemic st

A file photo of people wearing masks stand in queue to receive COVID-19 shots. Photo: Geo.tv/ file  Pakistan reports 806 COVID-19 cases. Positivity rate shoots up to 3.85%. NIH advises Pakistanis to mask up during Muharram gatherings. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 806 fresh COVID-19 cases and nine coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the National Institute of Health's (NIH) data showed Wednesday morning. During the last 24 hours, a total of 20,949 COVID-19 diagnostic tests were conducted, of which 806 samples came back positive, the institution's data showed. Following the detection of new cases, the COVID-19 positivity ratio stood at 3.85%, moving up from 2.84%, which was recorded a day earlier. According to NIH's data, 160 COVID-19 patients are being treated in  intensive-care units (ICU) across the country at different medical facilities. Pakistanis advised to mask up With Pakistan logging hundreds of COVID-19 cases every day, the NIH has a

A policeman stands guard as Shiite Muslims take part in a mourning ritual during the Islamic month of Muharram ahead of Ashura ceremonies, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on August 29, 2020. — AFP/file  The National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH) has advised strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), including mask wearing and social distancing during Muharram gatherings, as Pakistan continues to remain under the grip of COVID-19. Gatherings and majalis to remember the Shuhada-e-Karbala (martyrs of Karbala) started across the country after Pakistan sighted the Muharram moon, marking the beginning of the new Islamic year today (Sunday). In the last 24 hours, 661 new cases of coronavirus were reported when diagnostic tests were done on 20,080 samples, NIH data showed Sunday morning. The new cases pushed the coronavirus positivity rate in Pakistan to 3.29% and the number of total COVID-19 cases to 1,553,386. Meanwhile, the country reported only a single deat