Lahore/Quetta/Karachi/Peshawar (Staff Report/Agencies): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan rose to 1,465,910 on Tuesday after 2,799 new cases surfaced in the country during the last 24 hours.
Overall 553,112 cases were confirmed in Sindh, 490,103 in Punjab, 204,084 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 34,853 in Balochistan, 131,987 in Islamabad, 10,945 in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and 40,826 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
As per the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, 52,327 tests were conducted in last 24 hours while positivity ratio remained 5.34 %.
According to the government's COVID-19 portal, the death toll related to coronavirus has reached to 29,553 with 37 fatalities reported during the last 24 hours.
Over the last twenty four hours, total number of recovered COVID-19 patients across the country reached 1,349,189 after another 4,786 virus recoveries were reported.
Statistics 8 Feb 22:
— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) February 8, 2022
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 52,327
Positive Cases: 2799
Positivity %: 5.34%
Deaths :37
Patients on Critical Care: 1668
Meanwhile, the NCOC has said that 38% of Pakistan's total population and 56% of the eligible population has been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
It said that 1,842,955 people were given anti-Covid jabs across the country during the last 24 hours whereas the total number of vaccinated people stood at 185,916,838.
It is pertinent to mention that the global coronavirus cases have reportedly surpassed 398,342 million and death toll tops 5,769,725.
