COVID-19 HAS BEEN 33 LIVES IN PAKISTAN

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Covid-19 has claimed 33 more lives in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 29,950, the data shared by the National Command and Operation Centre showed Friday.As per details, 2,400 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported during the same period when 48,744 tests were conducted.

A total of 48,744 samples were tested, out of which 2,400 turned out to be positive, showing an infection rate of 4.92pc as compared to yesterday’s 5.55 per cent.The number of Covid-19 patients in critical care at various hospitals across the country stands at 1,496.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Pakistan has conducted overall 25,997,179 tests to diagnose the coronavirus including 48,744 tests during the past 24 hours.

1,396,218 people have got their health back including 3,009 in a single day in Pakistan.Sindh remains top on the list with 562,597 Covid-19 so far since the outbreak of the pandemic in February 2020. Punjab follows with 497,820 cases, while KP has reported 213,762 coronavirus cases to date.

Since the disease’s emergence in February, 12,837 deaths have been linked to the virus nationally.

According to a study issued on Saturday by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation, and Coordination, 578,797 persons nationwide have tested positive for the coronavirus disease since the outbreak in February 2020. Of them, Sindh accounted for 257,730, Punjab for 170,817, Balochistan for 19,038, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for 72,003, Islamabad for 44,106, Gilgit-Baltistan for 4,956, and Azad Kashmir for 10,147.

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