Pakistan conducted 14,878 Covid-19 tests during the last 24 hours — the highest number of tests in a single day so far, a meeting at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has been told.

Minister for Planning, Development Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that the country's testing capacity has increased by 30 times since the emergence of the pandemic.

A view of the NCOC meeting.
A view of the NCOC meeting.

The minister said that there were only two labs which could conduct coronavirus tests in mid-March, adding that there were now 70 labs which could conduct tests.

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