ISLAMABAD, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan recorded 72 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, with the COVID-19 positivity rate standing at 0.54 percent, according to its ministry of health on Monday.
The new infections were detected after diagnostic testing was performed on 13,311 samples.
With the new infections, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen to 1,571,894 in the South Asian country, showed the data released by the ministry.
A total of 105 people were reported to have recovered from the pandemic over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,536,170, according to the ministry's statistics.
A total of 30,607 people died of COVID-19 in the country, with one more death reported over the last 24 hours, said the ministry.
Pakistan's southern Sindh province is the worst-hit region with 594,019 infections recorded, followed by the eastern Punjab province, which has reported 522,006 cases so far. ■
