KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday reported 19 more deaths due to Covid and 768 new pandemic cases in the last 24 hours while the total number of confirmed positive cases rose to 1,511,754 and the countrywide death toll surged to 30,237 so far.

According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), so far, 13,508 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 8,080 in Sindh, 6,290 in KP, 1,014 in Islamabad, 788 in Azad Kashmir, 376 in Balochistan and 191 in GB.

The NCOC says 568,928 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 502,102 in Punjab, 216,386 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 134,496 in Islamabad, 43,044 in Azad Kashmir, 35,357 in Balochistan and 11,531 in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan has so far conducted 26,534,095 coronavirus tests and 35,281 in the last 24 hours. 1,449,060 patients have recovered in the country whereas 908 patients are in critical condition. The COVID-19 positivity ratio was recorded at 2.17 percent.

So far, 126,951,209 people have received their first dose of corona virus vaccine including 228,403 in last 24 hours. 99,049,978 citizens have been fully vaccinated while 240,254 received their second dose in last 24 hours.