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747 more people test positive for coronavirus in 24 hours

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ISLAMABAD: As many as 747 new cases of the coronavirus surfaced in Pakistan during the previous 24 hours, pushing the number of infections so far reported in the country to 312,263.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Covid-19, tests of 32,031 people were conducted during this period, out of whom 747 turned out to be positive.

Read More: 303 Covid-19 positive cases detected at Sindh schools

The pandemic claimed the lives of five more people during the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll from the disease to 6,479.

296,881 patients have so far recovered from the disease. There are now 8,903 active cases in the country.

Read More: Primary schools across Pakistan to reopen tomorrow: Shafqat Mahmood

‘One million deaths’

The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed one million this week. The pandemic has ravaged the global economy, inflamed geopolitical tensions and upended lives, from Indian slums and Brazil s jungles to America s biggest city New York.

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World sports, live entertainment and international travel ground to a halt as fans, audiences and tourists were forced to stay at home, kept inside by strict measures imposed to curb the virus spread.

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