Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing daily surge in COVID-19 cases with authorities linking the upswing to the deadly fourth wave. Today country’s positivity rate is on 5.45%.


As per National Command and Control Center (NCOC), Pakistan conducted a total of 57,792 tests in the last 24 hours.
Around 3,153 cases of coronavirus were reported while 58 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 26,720.
As per the command centre, total confirmed cases are 1,204,520 whereas 5,370 are under critical care.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 413,182 in the province with 12,211 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 444,464 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,133.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 168,258 in the province with 5,250 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 32,569 confirmed cases while 342 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 33,268 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 718. On the other hand, there are 10,162 cases in GB with 179 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 102,617 cases in the capital city while 887 people have lost their lives.
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