ISLAMABAD: The death toll in Pakistan reached 9,080 after another 71 persons died of the coronavirus infection during the past 24 hours (Wednesday), showed the latest figures posted by National Command and Operation Centre on Thursday morning.
It was a marked decrease in the number of deaths when compared with the previous day which witnessed 105 patients dying.
Punjab reported 39 new deaths followed by 15 in Sindh, 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three in Islamabad and one in Azad Kashmir.
Meanwhile, it is Punjab where the pandemic has so far proved to be deadliest with the virus, claiming a total of 3,491 lives in the province.
Details for other regions given as: Sindh 3,237, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1,502, Islamabad 382, Azad Kashmir 194, Balochistan 176 and Gilgit-Baltistan 99.
On the other hand, Pakistan also recorded 2,545 new coronavirus cases as the overall positivity rate in the country stood at 6.3 percent
Pakistan also recorded 2,545 new coronavirus cases as the overall positivity rate in the country stood at 6.3 percent
However, it was 16.59 percent for Karachi, 13.34 for Peshawar and 9.34 for Mirpur (Azad Kashmir). With the detection of these cases, the total number of infections reported in the country since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak has increased to 448,522.
The region-wise distribution of these cases now stands at: Sindh 199,706, Punjab 129,291, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 53,609, Islamabad 35,441, Balochistan 17,838, Azad Kashmir 7,833 and Gilgit-Baltistan 4,804.
As of Thursday morning, 396,591 infected persons have fully recovered from the infection with the addition of 7,993 during the past 24 hours, representing a huge reduction in active cases.
The number of active cases is now 42,851 against the previous level of 48,369.
Out of these active cases, 2,505 are in a critical condition and being treated in intensive care units of different hospitals with 309 placed on ventilators.
Also on Wednesday, a total of 40,090 tests were administered across the country after which the overall number increased to 6,176,889.
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