KARACHI:Pakistan Tuesday reported 18 more deaths due to Covid and 861 new pandemic cases in the last 24 hours while the total number of confirmed positive cases rose to 1,510,221 and the countrywide death toll surged to 30,196.
According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 13,500 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 8,070 in Sindh, 6,260 in KP, 1,013 in Islamabad, 788 in Azad Kashmir, 375 in Balochistan and 190 in GB. Data shows 568,277 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 501,544 in Punjab, 216,174 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 134,404 in Islamabad, 42,978 in Azad Kashmir, 35,345 in Balochistan and 11,499 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Pakistan has so far conducted 26,424,518 corona virus tests and 37,566 in the last 24 hours. 1,442,938 patients have recovered in the country whereas 988 patients are in critical condition. The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 2.29percent.
So far, 124,309,711 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 510,878 in last 24 hours. 96,218,183 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 389,409 received their second dose in last 24 hours. The number of total administered doses has reached to 209,438,557 with 922,218 in the last 24 hours.