ISLAMABAD – Pakistan recorded 141 deaths due to coronavirus over the past24 hours, the highest single-day toll since April 30, the National Commandand Operation Centre said Wednesday.
Amid the recent uptick in coronavirus cases owing to the fourth wave of thepandemic, Pakistan has recorded 4,199 new infections while the death tollhas surged to 25,220.
In the past 24 hours, as many as 3,915 patients have recovered from thedeadly virus while the total recoveries stand at 1,019,434. As of Tuesday,the total count of active cases was recorded at 91,204 while the nationalpositivity stands at 6.83 percent. The number of confirmed cases stands at1,135,858.
At least 424,139 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 383,742 inPunjab 158,243 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 96,980 in Islamabad, 31,928 inBalochistan, 31,087 in Azad Kashmir, and 9,739 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Moreover, 11,633 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic inPunjab 6,698 in Sindh, 4,839 in KP, 855 in Islamabad, 686 in Azad Kashmir,338 in Balochistan, and 171 in Gilgit Baltistan.
The health facilities across the country conducted 61,410 coronavirusdetection tests, taking the total number of COVID-19 tests to 17,397,803since the first case was reported.
