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COVID-19: Pakistan reports 38 deaths, 1,097 new infections

Pakistan on Thursday has reported 38 COVID-19 related deaths and 1,097 new cases in the last 24 hours. According to...

Pakistan on Thursday has reported 38 COVID-19 related deaths and 1,097 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, 46,124 coronavirus tests were taken countrywide, of which only 1,097 came out positive.

There are currently 2,084 critical patients of COVID-19 admitted to different hospitals in the country, no new critical cases were reported. The reported national positivity rate is 2.37%.

Source: Twitter

With these latest statistics, the country's total number of confirmed active cases stands at 32,936. Pakistan has so far recorded 951,865 confirmed cases, 22,108 deaths, and a total of 896,821 recoveries from the novel disease.

As per the numbers shared by the Ministry of National Health Service, 94.2% of the total confirmed cases have recovered while the mortality rate is 2.3%.

Currently, most active cases are reported in Sindh (19,360) followed by Punjab (9,275), and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (1,939). There are currently 1,037 active cases in Islamabad, 422 in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, 772 in Balochistan, and 131 in Gilgit Baltistan.

Vaccination update:

As per the numbers shared by NCOC, Pakistan has so far administered 13,484,364 vaccine doses. 3,566,547 people are fully vaccinated and at least 7,267,000 are partially vaccinated.

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