ISLAMABAD:The number of fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic fell to a single digit during the last 24 hours for the first time in five weeks, while the single day tally of fresh cases remained below 1,000, according to the daily update issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
The NCOC, which serves as the nerve centre of the government unified effort against the pandemic, reported 856 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, marking a second straight day of less than 1,000 infections. It added that 5 people breathed their last during that period.
The fatalities, two each in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad and one in Punjab, is the lowest death toll since January 23. However, the forum said that the national positivity ratio rose slightly to 2.5%, compared to 2.1% a day earlier.
