ISLAMABAD, July 23(ABC): A marginal increase was witnessed on Saturday in new COVID-19 cases in Pakistan, data from the National Institute of Health, Islamabad (NIH) showed.
According to the NIH data, 23,423 diagnostic tests were performed in the last 24 hours, with 693 returning positive, indicating a 2.96% positivity ratio.
The virus claimed two more lives in the last 24 hours, bringing up the national toll to 30,464.
NIH said 180 COVID-19 patients are still being treated in intensive-care units (ICU) at various medical facilities across the country.