ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus pandemic has shown downward trend across the country as Pakistan has reported 18 deaths and 591 new infections during last 24 hours.
According to the latest figures appeared on National Coronavirus Dashboard of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) as many as 591 people were contracted by novel coronavirus and number of positive cases has surged to 1,268,536.
The nationwide tally of fatalities after 18 more deaths were reported, has jumped to 28,377 on Sunday morning.
Givng the province-wise figure the NCOC declared Punjab the worst-hit province of the virus in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan has so far crossed the overall number of positive cases to 28,377 out of which 12,895 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 7,548 in Sindh 5,715 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 938 in Islamabad, 740 in Azad Kashmir, 355 in Balochistan, and 186 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has crossed the overall number of positive cases to 1,268,536 out of that 467,425 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 438,989 in Punjab 177,440 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 106,679 in Islamabad, 34,435 in Azad Kashmir, 33,185 in Balochistan and 10,383 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 20,488,058 coronavirus tests and 43,522 in the last 24 hours. 1,216,242 patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,614 patients are in critical condition.
The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 1.35 per cent.
So far, 68,304,746 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 348,706 in last 24 hours. 38,213,423 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 357,783 received their second dose in last 24 hours.
The number of total administered doses has reached to 100,016,587 with 681,520 in the last 24 hours.
Read more: Coronavirus shows decline: Pakistan reports 567 new cases, 16 deaths in 24 hours
