Pakistan has been able to contain the spread of lethal flu bug courtesy of effective lockdown restrictions and timely decisions taken by the governments on both federal and provincial levels.

According to the statistics provided by the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), 991 new coronavirus cases and 27 new Covid casualties were reported in Pakistan yesterday. The number of active cases has gone down significantly in the past month or so.

The coronavirus positivity rate of the country (that is the percentage of newly confirmed cases out of the total tests conducted) remained 2.14% in the last 24 hours.

• As of today, the detailed novel coronavirus statistics of Pakistan are as follows: 

  Total cases: 947,218   
  Cases reported in the last 24 hours: 991 

  Total deaths: 21,940   
  Deaths reported in the last 24 hours: 27  

  Total tests conducted: 14,072,605 
  Tests conducted in the last 24 hours: 46,269 

  Active cases: 35,491

  Positivity rate in the last 24 hours: 2.14%

  Total recoveries: 889,787  
  Recoveries in the last 24 hours: 1,282    

The latest Covid vaccine statistics of Pakistan are as follows:

Vaccine administered across Pakistan on 17 June: 266,959      

Total vaccine administered till now: 12,750,760