ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus epidemic has claimed 9 more lives and 414 more people were tested positive in Pakistan duing last 24 hours.
According to the latest figures appeared on National Coronavirus Dashboard of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), Pakistan has reported 9 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus that took the tally of the fatalities across the country to 28,737. With 414 more positive cases reported in the country the number of positive cases has surged to 1,285,254.
According to NCOC reports regarding the province-wise details, Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Country-wide tally of fatalities jumped to 28,737 out of which 13,027 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,621 in Sindh 5,846 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 955 in Islamabad, 742 in Azad Kashmir, 360 in Balochistan, and 186 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
414 more positive cases were reported in the country during last 24 hours that took the number to 1,285,254, out of which 475,820 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 443,185 in Punjab 180,075 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 107,722 in Islamabad, 34,556 in Azad Kashmir 33,484 in Balochistan and 10,412 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 22,028,156 coronavirus tests and 42,381 in the last 24 hours. 1,242,354 patients have recovered in the country whereas 896 patients are in critical condition.
The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 0.97 per cent.
So far, 80,284,860 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 247,548 in last 24 hours. 50,184,100 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 229,518 received their second dose in last 24 hours.
The number of total administered doses has reached to 123,032,063 with 470,585 in the last 24 hours.
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