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Pakistan Hits New Low Daily COVID-19 Death Toll

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   Pakistan has hit a low with its daily deathtoll from the coronavirus.

   The government said Monday there were 20 deaths in thepast 24 hours.

   "Wehave the lowest number of deaths in Pakistan due to COVID-19 in last
   3 months," ZafarMirza, a special assistant to the prime minister,
   posted on Twitter Monday."We had a peak of 153 deaths on 20 June and in
   last 24 hours we had 20. This is 87% reduction in COVID-19 related
   deaths."

   Mirzawarned, however,that the new low is "yet no place for any
   complacency!"

   Pakistan has more than 274,000 COVID-19 cases and nearly 6,000 deathsin
   totalfrom the virus, according to JohnsHopkins University statistics.

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