KARACHI: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) informed on Saturday that six more covid patients and 556 persons tested positive for the pandemic in Pakistan in the last 24 hours while the countrywide death toll from the viral disease has surged to 28,933.

According to NCOC), so far, 13,070 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,670 in Sindh, 5,930 in KP, 967 in Islamabad, 746 in Azad Kashmir, 364 in Balochistan, and 186 in GB. Furthermore, 482,029 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 445,107 in Punjab 181,402 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 108,666 in Islamabad, 34,662 in Azad Kashmir 33,638 in Balochistan and 10,429 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 23,423,546 coronavirus tests and 51,141 in the last 24 hours. 1,256,816 patients have recovered in the country whereas 629 patients are in critical condition. The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 1.08 percent.

So far, 96,980,678 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 927,315 in last 24 hours. 70,576,467 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 1,046,013 received their second dose in last 24 hours. The number of total administered doses has reached to 156,623,021 with 1,599,380 in the last 24 hours.