Pakistan posts 68 more corona deaths in last 24 hours

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has registered another 68 deaths and 2,928 infections by coronavirus during the last 24 hours (Thursday), showed the data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Friday morning.

As per the NCOC figures, after the addition of 68 new deaths, the overall toll has now surged to 27,072 whereas the number of total infections now stood at 1,218,749 after adding the fresh 2,928 cases.

During the last 24 hours (Thursday), a total of 57,626 tests were conducted throughout Pakistan whereas the positivity ratio stood at 5.08 percent. The number of patients in critical care was 4,960.

During the last 24 hours (Thursday), as many as 13,716 patients have recovered from the virus whereas the total recoveries stood at 1,125,942. As of Friday, the total count of active cases in the country was recorded at 65,725.

As many as 448,658 coronavirus cases have so far been confirmed in Sindh, 419,423 in Punjab, 170,391 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 103,720 in Islamabad, 32,707 in Balochistan, 33,628 in Azad Kashmir and 10,222 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 12,345 individuals have lost their lives to the pandemic in Punjab so far, 7,224 in Sindh, 5,354 in KP, 895 in Islamabad, 728 in Azad Kashmir, 344 in Balochistan and 182 in Gilgit Baltistan.