KARACHI: A further 62 deaths and 1,072 new cases have been reported in Pakistan due to the coronavirus.
According to the National Command and Control Center, the total number of deaths from coronavirus in Pakistan has reached 12,128 while the total number of affected people has reached 557,591. In the country, 514,951 people have recovered from coronavirus and the number of patients undergoing treatment is 30,512.
The highest number of deaths due to coronavirus was in Punjab where 4,948 people lost their lives while 4,157 in Sindh, 1,970 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 481 in Islamabad, 102 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 197 in Balochistan and 273 people have lost their lives in Azad Kashmir.
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The number of coronavirus cases in Islamabad is 42,188, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 68,786, in Sindh 251,758, in Punjab 161,757, in Balochistan 18,891, in Azad Kashmir 9,291 and in Gilgit-Baltistan 9,920 people have been infected with the coronavirus. During the second wave of coronavirus, the number of positive cases dropped significantly to 3.9 percent. The situation is back to pre-November 10 levels.
According to the National Command and Operations Center, the rate of positive cases of coronavirus in Karachi is 10.68 percent. The rate of positive cases in Islamabad is 1.18 percent, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5.25 percent, in Punjab 5.97 percent, and in Sindh 10.23 percent.
In Azad Kashmir, the positive cases of coronavirus are 5.97 percent, in Balochistan 3.52 percent and in Gilgit-Baltistan 0.56 percent. Coronavirus vaccination is underway in Pakistan and in the first phase, health workers are being vaccinated against the virus.
