National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) chief Asad Umar on Wednesday announced that Pakistan has so far administered a total of 10 million doses in a mass vaccination drive against novel coronavirus.

Taking to Twitter Asad said people are registering for the vaccine in large numbers:

Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiative also addressed a press conference in Islamabad to mark the achievement. While addressing media, Umar said:

"The more quickly we get ourselves vaccinated, the faster we will be able to rid ourselves of this menace."

The federal minister said the masses have done a commendable job in following coronavirus SOPs, which has in result cause the positivity rate to drop. The government wants to vaccinate at least 70 million people by the end of this year to avoid a fourth wave, he said.

Current situation of COVID-19 in Pakistan:

Pakistan on Wednesday has reported 1,118 new cases and 77 COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours as the positivity rate remains below 3% for a consecutive day.

According to statistics shared by NCOC, 43,900 coronavirus tests were taken countrywide, of which only 1,118 came out positive.

There are currently 3,024 critical patients of COVID-19 admitted to different hospitals in the country, however, no new case of severe infection was reported. The reported national positivity rate is 2.54%.