KARACHI:Pakistan on Thursday reported five deaths due to Covid and 6,808 new pandemic cases in the last 24 hours and the number of positive cases has surged to 1,345,801 while the death toll from the viral disease has soared to 29,042 so far.
According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC). 6,808 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. So far, 13,093 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 7,710 in Sindh 5,967 in KP, 969 in Islamabad, 749 in Azad Kashmir, 367 in Balochistan, and 187 in GB.
Furthermore 513,046 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 456,992 in Punjab 182,950 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 113,688 in Islamabad, 34,884 in Azad Kashmir 33,780 in Balochistan and 10,461 in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan has so far conducted 24,356,373 coronavirus tests and 58,943 in the last 24 hours. 1,265,665 patients have recovered in the country whereas 918 patients are in critical condition.
So far, 102,396,649 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 289,494 in last 24 hours. 77,932,013 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 446,889 received their second dose in last 24 hours.