COVID-19: Pakistan reports 552 cases, 15 deaths

Islamabad: It appears that Pakistan may finally be curbing the pandemic’s impact as COVID related hospitalizations and deaths are decreasing dramatically.  

Amid a steady decline in Covid-19 infections, Pakistan's coronavirus positivity ratio further fell to 1.44% with 552 new cases. 

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 552 cases of coronavirus were reported while 15 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 28,344.

Pakistan is presently experiencing the fourth wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than the previous three COVID waves.

The total number of cases has reached 1,267,393.

As many as 1,214,663 patients have recovered from the disease with 1,704 critical cases.

Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 438,636 in the province with 12,883 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 466,945 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,539.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 177,240 in the province with 5,704 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 33,159 confirmed cases while 354 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 34,422 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 740. On the other hand, there are 10,376 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 106,615 cases in the capital city while 938 people have lost their lives.