Pakistan’s COVID positivity ratio remains below 2%

Islamabad: Amid a steady decline in Covid-19 infections, Pakistan's coronavirus positivity ratio is at 1.16% with 515 new cases.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 515 cases of coronavirus were reported while 11 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 28,496. 

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 1,275,673.

As many as 1,224,425 patients have recovered from the disease with 1,229 critical cases.

Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 440,788 in the province with 12,940 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 471,205 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,580.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 178,427 in the province with 5,761 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 33,307 confirmed cases while 356 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 34,491 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 741. On the other hand, there are 10,392 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 107,063 cases in the capital city while 943 people have lost their lives.