Daily report: Coronavirus cases in Pakistan and abroad on November 16

As the world faces a second wave of infections, Geo.tv brings you the latest on the COVID-19 numbers at home and outside.

Pakistan

A total of 2,128 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 359,032. With 19 new deaths, the country's coronavirus death toll reached 7,160. So far, a total of 323,824 people have recovered from the virus while the active number of cases stands at 28,048.

With 29,511 tests conducted across Pakistan, the positivity rate has reached 7.2%

World

COVID-19 infections are still rising in 69 countries. There have been at least 54,187,000 reported infections and 1,314,000 reported deaths caused by the new coronavirus so far.

Of every 100 infections last reported around the world, more than 16 were reported from countries in Asia and the Middle East. The region is reporting a million new infections about every 10 days and has reported more than 15,056,000 since the pandemic began.

With 144,181 new cases, United States reported the most infections in a day. India was second with 43,832 new infections while Italy reported 34,775 new cases and France 29,413.