ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reported 20 new fatalities from the deadly coronavirus, which is its lowest number of deaths from the virus in a single day since the fourth wave started back in July.
According to the latest statistics by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 43,786 coronavirus tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, out of which 603 people tested positive.
The country’s positivity rate currently stands at 1.37%. The active number of cases are currently 25,640. The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country so far has reached 28,300 and the total number of cases has reached 1,265,650.
During the last 24 hours, the most deaths occurred in Punjab followed by Sindh. Out of the 20 deaths, six people died on ventilators. The 20 deaths reported today are the lowest in more than three-and-a-half months. Before this, the country last reported 20 deaths in a day from the virus on June 28.
As per a provincial breakdown, the number of active cases in Sindh are 13,798, 18,244 in Punjab, 7,535 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2,583 in Islamabad Capital Territory, 772 in Balochistan, 564 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 290 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Pakistan, with 869 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 15% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 17.
Pakistan has administered at least 93,551,193 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 21.6% of the country’s population.
