AVA - Pakistan’s Death Toll Due to COVID-19 Exceeds 4,000

Overall testing continues to drop, with the government having only conducted 21,033 tests in the past 24 hours

Pakistan conducted just 21,033 tests for the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours preceding Saturday morning—it’s lowest testing since June 3 for a third consecutive day—against 3,138 new infections, a positivity ratio of 14.9 percent.

Nationwide, daily spikes in confirmed cases of COVID-19 have not dropped below 3,000 since May 31. However, medical experts warn that the country’s positivity ratio still remains too high According to the World Health Organization, any country with a positivity ratio over 5 percent is likely only testing the most symptomatic patients and ignoring asymptomatic infections, which can significantly boost the spread of the virus.