KARACHI: Seven more covid patients died in Pakistan in the last 24 hours while the countrywide death toll from the disease has jumped to 28,697 on Friday since the outbreak of the disease in Feb 2020.

According to National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 252 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours while the number of positive cases has surged to 1,283,475.

NCOC data shows 474,818 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 442,804 in Punjab, 179,855 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 107,580 in Islamabad, 34,540 in Azad Kashmir, 33,467 in Balochistan and 10,411 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 21,832,091 coronavirus tests and 35,176 in the last 24 hours. 1,241,289 patients have recovered in the country whereas 958 patients are in critical condition. The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 0.71 percent.