Pakistan reports 592 new COVID-19 cases.
Seven more people die of COVID-19 in last 24 hours.
174 infected people undergo treatment at ICUs.
It was another bad day for the country as seven more people died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, in addition to a steep rise in the number of positive cases reported by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad Wednesday morning.
According to the latest NIH stats, during the last 24 hours, 592 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in the country after 21,264 diagnostic tests, while the positivity ratio across the country was reported as 2.78%.
Meanwhile, as compared to the previous day's record of zero deaths, during the last 24 hours, seven more deaths were reported which brings up the death toll to 30,452 since the start of the pandemic, showed NIH data.
During the last 24 hours, a slight increase was reported in the list of COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive-care units (ICU). As per NIH, 174 patients are still being treated in hospitals around the country.
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