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 4.78%.


As per National Command and Control Center (NCOC), around 2,714 cases of coronavirus were reported while 73 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 26,938.
Pakistan conducted a total of 56,733 tests in the last 24 hours.
As per the NCOC, total confirmed cases are 1,212,809 whereas 5,122 are under critical care.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 416,901 in the province with 12,291 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 446,840 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,192.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 169,429 in the province with 5,310 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 32,658 confirmed cases while 344 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 33,490 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 727. On the other hand, there are 10,198 cases in GB with 182 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 103,293 cases in the capital city while 892 people have lost their lives.

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