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 5.44%.


As per National Command and Control Center (NCOC), around 2,580 cases of coronavirus were reported while 78 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 26,865.
Pakistan conducted a total of 47,419 tests in the last 24 hours.
As per the NCOC, total confirmed cases are 1,210,082 whereas 5,304 are under critical care.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 415,654 in the province with 12,259 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 446,045 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,177.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 169,040 in the province with 5,290 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 32,618 confirmed cases while 344 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 33,432 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 724. On the other hand, there are 10,168 cases in GB with 182 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 103,125 cases in the capital city while 889 people have lost their lives.

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