Pakistan has seen a significant surge in the number of daily cases as well as coronavirus-related casualties in the last couple of months during the ongoing third wave of coronavirus.

• In the last 24 hours, 4,681 new cases were detected in Pakistan while 135 people succumbed to the deadly flu infection.

• Pakistan's total coronavirus cases have reached 734,423 while total deaths have exceeded 15,700.

135 reported deaths in the last 24 hours, it is the highest one-day Covid death tally of Pakistan in more than 9 months. The last time a bigger number of casualties were reported in the country was way back on 30th June when the first wave of coronavirus was in full swing in the country.

Pakistan's latest Covid-19 statistics as provided by the National Command Operation Center (NCOC) are as follows:

CONFIRMED CASES: 734,423              New cases (Last 24 hours): 4,681    

DEATHS: 15,754                   New Deaths (Last 24 hours): 135                    

  TOTAL TESTS: 10,878,086     
Tests conducted in the last 24 hours: 48,092  

TOTAL RECOVERED: 641,912           POSITIVITY RATE (Last 24 hours): 9.73%               CRITICAL CASES: 4,216          ACTIVE CASES: 76,757