Pakistan on Wednesday has reported 46 COVID-19 related deaths and 1,038 new cases in the last 24 hours.

According to statistics shared by National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), the country's nerve center for unified efforts against coronavirus, 42,113 coronavirus tests were taken countrywide, of which only 1,038 came out positive.

There are currently 2,490 critical patients of COVID-19 admitted to different hospitals in the country, no new critical cases were reported. The reported national positivity rate is 2.46%.

With these latest statistics, the country's total number of confirmed active cases stands at 39,905. Pakistan has so far recorded 944,065 confirmed cases, 21,828 deaths, and a total of 882,332 recoveries from the novel disease.

As per the numbers shared by the Ministry of National Health Service, 93.5% of the total confirmed cases have recovered while the mortality rate is 2.3%.

Currently, most active cases are reported in Sindh (23,125) followed by Punjab (10,699), and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (3,267). There are currently 1,331 active cases in Islamabad, 487 in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, 885 in Balochistan, and 111 in Gilgit Baltistan.

Vaccination update:

According to the latest numbers shared by the NCOC, Pakistan has so far administered 11,745,889 vaccine doses. 3,107,671 people are fully vaccinated while 6,201,219 have received at least one dose.