According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 861 persons were tested positive while 18 died in the past 24 hours— taking Pakistan's COVID death toll to 30,196.


Islamabad: Pakistan has witnessed a significant drop in the daily coronavirus death count after over a month hike, health department’s data showed Tuesday morning.
According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 861 persons were tested positive while 18 died in the past 24 hours— taking Pakistan's COVID death toll to 30,196.
Pakistan imposed new restrictions to curb the fast-spreading Omicron variant, hence, the positivity rate now stands at 2.29%. While, the cumulative tally of the country has now climbed to 1,510,221.
As many as 1,442,938 patients have recovered from the disease.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 501,544 in the province with 13,500 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 568,277 in the province, while the death toll has reached 8,070.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 216,174 in the province with 6,260 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 35,345 confirmed cases while 375 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 42,978 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 788. On the other hand, there are 11,499 cases in GB with 190 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 134,404 cases in the capital city while 1,013 people have lost their lives.

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