ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reported zero coronavirus-related deaths for a second day in a row, the National Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) data showed.
According to NCOC statistics, 30,054 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours out of which 210 turned positive. Meanwhile, the positivity rate is 0.69 per cent.
The total number of cases has risen to 1,523,072 and the death toll remains 30,333. The breakdown of cases reported on March 23 is as follows:
Sindh: 82 cases
Punjab: 62 cases
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 42 cases
Islamabad: 12 cases
Azad Jammu and Kashmir: 10 cases
Gilgit-Baltistan: 2 cases
Pakistan scraps all remaining COVID-19 restrictions
Federal Minister for Planning and Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar had already announced that the government was scrapping all the COVID-19 related restrictions across Pakistan.
“The pandemic has not ended yet but undergoing the ending phase,” Umar had said while addressing a press briefing at NCOC, flanked by SAPM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan.
Umar, who is also the NCOC chief, had said that after reviewing the COVID-19 situation in the country in detail, the forum has decided to lift all coronavirus restrictions, including protocols for indoor dining, indoor wedding events and markets, sports activities and all the other SOPs across Pakistan.
However, he had said that the only restriction that would continue is the vaccination against COVID-19, but that too till the vaccination ratio reaches 80% or above.
