COVID-19 claims eight more lives, infects 554 in Pakistan

Islamabad: The fourth wave of Covid-19 pandemic has continued its downward trajectory as Pakistan's coronavirus positivity ratio further fell to 1.20% with 554 new cases over the past 24 hours 

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 554 cases of coronavirus were reported while 8 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 28,558.  

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 1,278,114. 

As many as 1,226,590 patients have recovered from the disease.

Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 441,378 in the province with 12,957 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 472,519 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,599.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 178,773 in the province with 5,778 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 33,356 confirmed cases while 358 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 34,495 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 741. On the other hand, there are 10,395 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 107,198 cases in the capital city while 947 people have lost their lives.