Pakistan sees lowest number of COVID deaths in nearly a year 

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 1.65% with 698 new cases.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 698 cases of coronavirus were reported while 9 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 28,386.

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 1,269,234.

As many as 1,216,908 patients have recovered from the disease with 1,524 critical cases.

Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 439,171 in the province with 12,896 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 467,814 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,551.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 177,519 in the province with 5,720 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 33,196 confirmed cases while 355 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 34,441 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 740. On the other hand, there are 10,383 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 106,710 cases in the capital city while 938 people have lost their lives.