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Pakistan’s coronavirus cases drop to lowest since start of third wave

  • 06 Jun 2021
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As COVID-19 cases drop to the lowest since start of pandemic’s third wave, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said Sunday that it was heartening to see Pakistan moving forward in its anti-COVID fight.

The spokesperson, in a statement on Twitter, said due to effective policies and timely interventions, the COVID-19 positivity ratio in Pakistan dropped to 3.1% - lowest since current wave of the pandemic started, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.

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He said the total active cases in the country were down to 47764.

"Heartening to see Pakistan Moving Forward in its fight against the pandemic," the spokesperson remarked.

According to National Command Operation Centre, 1,629 positive cases of coronavirus were detected during last 24 hours against the test run of 52,427. There was no critical patient reported while 76 patients succumbed to the pathogen during last 24 hours.

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