LAHORE: Pakistan has reported 45 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 1,004,694. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 23,016 on Sunday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 2,819 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
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Province-wise Details
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Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Till now 10,939 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 5,814 in Sindh, 4,417 in KP, 792 in Islamabad, 610 in Azad Kashmir, 322 in Balochistan, and 122 in GB.
Furthermore 364,784 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 352,682 in Punjab, 141,627 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 85,519 in Islamabad, 29,494 in Balochistan, 22,886 in Azad Kashmir and 7,702 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Tests and Recoveries
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Pakistan has so far conducted 15,667,114 coronavirus tests and 44,579 in the last 24 hours 925,958 patients have recovered in the country whereas 2,573 patients are in critical condition.
PAKISTAN SUCCESSFULLY VACCINATES 25 MILLION PEOPLE:Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Sunday announced that Pakistan has successfully inoculated 25 million people against the novel coronavirus.
Taking to Twitter, the minister — who is also the chief of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) — announced that aside from inoculating 25 million people (2.5 crores), the government is employing measures to vaccinate more people in the coming month.
“Further acceleration [is] being planned for August. By [the] end of August, all major cities’ target is to have at least 40% of the eligible population vaccinated,” Umar wrote.
Meanwhile, 45 more people lost their lives to the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking Pakistan’s nationwide death toll past 23,000, figures issued by the NCOC showed on Sunday.
According to the NCOC, 44,579 coronavirus tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, out of which 2,819 turned out to be positive. The result meant that Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity ratio stands at 6.3%.
On the other hand, the 45 new deaths mean that the nationwide death toll stands at 23,016.
The total number of recovered patients in Pakistan stands at 925,958 and the number of active cases is at 55,720.
