ISLAMABAD: The number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in Pakistan exceeded one million on Friday, the National Command and Operation Centre’s data showed, as the death toll closes in on the 25,000 mark.
The infection tally also rose to 1,116,886 with 3,239 new cases reported over the last 24 hours after 51,982 COVID-19 tests were conducted, the NCOC stats showed.
The number of active or currently ill patients are at 89,673, which is the highest since May 2 when the country recorded 89,661 active cases.
The NCOC counted 1,002,430 recovered cases after 3,027 more survivors were recorded. Meanwhile, 70 more people lost their lives to the disease, raising the death toll to 24,783.
The daily positivity rate, or rate of infected patients among those tested, is 6.23% out of 51,982 tests as of August 20. The recommended rate by the World Health Organization is below 5%, since high numbers may mean high transmission.
