KARACHI: Pakistan on Wednesday reported 22 deaths due to Covid and 765 new pandemic cases in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus while the total number of positive cases rose to 1,510,986 and the countrywide death toll from the disease increased to 30,218 so far.
According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), so far, 13,504 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 8,073 in Sindh, 6,274 in KP, 1,014 in Islamabad, 788 in Azad Kashmir, 375 in Balochistan and 190 in GB. The data shows 568,635 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 501,758 in Punjab, 216,273 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 134,442 in Islamabad, 43,014 in Azad Kashmir, 35,352 in Balochistan and 11,512 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 26,498,814 coronavirus tests and 34,296 in the last 24 hours. 1,445,245 patients have recovered in the country whereas 981 patients are in critical condition. The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 2.23 percent. So far, 126,722,806 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 270,773 in last 24 hours. 98,809,724 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 384,600 received their second dose in last 24 hours.
