25 people lose their lives to Covid in 24 hours, highest death rate since October

According to the National Command Operation Center (NCOC), Pakistan recorded 7539 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours with 25 people losing their lives to the deadly virus, the highest death rate since October 14. The COVID-19 positivity rate in the country is over 10 per cent from eight consecutive days.

While Pakistan has recorded the highest deaths from Covid-19 in a single day since October 14.

— Benazir Shah (@Benazir_Shah) January 27, 2022

Statistics 27 Jan 22:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 63,272
Positive Cases: 7539
Positivity %: 11.91%
Deaths :25
Patients on Critical Care: 1240

— NFRCC (@NFRCCofficial) January 27, 2022

On Wednesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 1,446 coronavirus cases, the highest number of infections in a single day since the pandemic began. In April 2021, the province had recorded 1,265 cases of Covid-19 in a single day.

Peshawar’s positivity rate was 35.89 per cent on Wednesday. Morever, the positivity rate in Karachi has reached to 26.91 per cent and in Lahore the positivity rate was 15.25 per cent in the last 24 hours.

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