Pakistan has seen its highest rise in deaths in a single day from the coronavirus, with 17 new cases taking the country’s death toll from the highly contagious virus to at least 192, according to government data.
Monday also saw the highest single-day rise in cases in Pakistan, with 705 confirmed cases taking the country’s tally to 9,214, according to the data.
The country has been easing its lockdown in order to stave off an economic crisis from stagnating growth.
So far, at least 2,053 patients have recovered from COVID-19 in the country, leaving the active case tally at 6,969.
The increase in cases has occurred in conjunction with a modest increase in testing capacity, as the government aims to ramp up to 25,000 tests a day.
Pakistan has conducted 111,806 tests, or 0.53 tests per thousand people.
The government appears to be far off its target, however, with only 5,347 tests conducted on Monday, as per government data.
(H/T Al Jazeera)