KARACHI:Pakistan on Friday reported 23 deaths due to Covid and 7,678 new cases in the last 24 hours while the number of positive cases surged to 1,353,479. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 29,065 on Friday.
According to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 7,678persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. So far, 516,874 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 458,879 in Punjab, 183,403 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 115,047 in Islamabad, 34,997 in Azad Kashmir, 33,812 in Balochistan and 10,467 in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan has so far conducted 24,415,716 coronavirus tests and 59,343 in the last 24 hours. 1,265,665 patients have recovered in the country whereas 961 patients are in critical condition.
So far, 102,975,552 people have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine including 286,593 in last 24 hours. 78,860,543citizens have been fully vaccinated while 470,601 received their second dose in last 24 hours. The number of total administered doses has reached to 170,711,868 with 786,027 in the last 24 hours.