Coronavirus: Pakistan Active cases cross 40,000 mark

Pakistan has reported 2,954 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours which is the highest daily increase in cases since July 9.

According to the government’s COVID-19 portal, a total of 2,954 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 379,883. With 48 new deaths, the country’s coronavirus death toll reached 7,744. So far, a total of 331,760 people have recovered from the virus while the active number of cases stands at 40,379.

On the other hand, COVID-19 infections are still rising in 61 countries. There have been at least 59,056,000 reported infections and 1,396,000 reported deaths caused by the new coronavirus so far.

Of every 100 infections last reported around the world, more than 33 were reported from countries in Asia and the Middle East.

The region is reporting a million new infections about every 10 days and has reported more than 15,895,000 since the pandemic began.

With 194,381 new cases, the United States reported the most infections in a day. India was second with 43,364 new infections while Italy reported 32,273 new cases and Brazil 29,118.

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