KARACHI: Pakistan on Friday reported 39 more deaths from Covid-19 and 3,498 new pandemic cases in the last 24 hours while the number of total confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,477,573 and countrywide death toll from the viral disease rose to 29,687.

According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), so far, 555,920 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 493,478 in Punjab, 207,820 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 132,711 in Islamabad, 41,584 in Azad Kashmir, 34,986 in Balochistan and 11,074 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 25,639,757 coronavirus tests and 58,077 in the last 24 hours. 1,365,518 patients have recovered in the country whereas 1,663 patients are in critical condition. The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 6.02 percent.

So far, 115,238,268 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 1 1,330,298 in last 24 hours. 89,853,639 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 950,726 received their second dose in last 24 hours. The number of total administered doses has reached to 194,492,475 with 2,244,371 in the last 24 hours.