ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday surpassed the grim milestones of 750,000 cases and 16,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus amid the worsening condition during the third wave of the pandemic.
The death toll from the novel coronavirus cross the grim milestone of 16,000 as the nation reported another 112 deaths on Saturday as the government mulls over tightening restrictions
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan reported 4,149 coronavirus cases in the past day as the total number of cases surged to 750,158. There were another 112 deaths from the virus, taking the death toll to 16,094
The total number of active cases has surged to 79,108 while the positivity rate stood at 7.62 percent. There are 4,149 patients who remain in critical condition in hospital across the country.
There were 65,279 coronavirus detection tests conducted in the past day, taking the total number of COVID-19 tests to 11.07 million since the first case was reported. Overall 654,956 people have recovered from the virus including 4181 in past day.
Punjab continues to remain the worst affected area with 42,781 active cases. There have been 264.010 cases and 7,333 deaths in the province so far. Islamabad has recorded 68,906 cases and 631 deaths while there are 12,447 active cases in the federal capital.
The number of coronavirus cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have reached 104,480 and 2,832 deaths while there are 13,409 active cases in the province. Sindh has recorded 271,524 cases and 4,544 deaths while Balochistan has recorded 20,760 cases and 223 deaths.
