Pakistan crosses 25,000 COVID deaths amid stricter vaccine drive

Pakistan passes the grim milestone as authorities struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant.

Pakistan has crossed another grim milestone of 25,000 coronavirus-related deaths as authorities struggle to contain the highly contagious Delta variant. At least 80 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 25,003, according to the health ministry on Monday Pakistan’s positive test rate was reported at 7 percent, with 3,772 confirmed new cases. The country has so far reported 1,127,584 cases, according to official data.