KARACHI: Pakistan on Saturday reported six more deaths from Covid and 571 new cases in the last 24 hours while the total number of positive cases rose to 1,518,083 and the countrywide death toll surged to 30,304 since the outbreak of the disease in Feb 2020.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), so far, 13,536 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 8,091 in Sindh, 6,299 in KP, 1,020 in Islamabad, 790 in Azad Kashmir, 377 in Balochistan and 191 in GB.

Furthermore 571,548 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 503,590 in Punjab, 217,936 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 134,797 in Islamabad, 43,163 in Azad Kashmir, 35,429 in Balochistan and 11,620 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 26,862,188 coronavirus tests and 36,885 in the last 24 hours. 1,469,930 patients have recovered in the country whereas 641 patients are in critical condition. The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 1.54 percent. So far, 128,074,138 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 131,491 in last 24 hours. 101,881,176 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 501,747 received their second dose in last 24 hours.