ISLAMABAD – At least 67 people lost their lives to COVID-19 in Pakistanover the past 24 hours, the highest daily virus-related deaths in fivemonths, NCOC.

According to the data issued by the National Command and Operations Centreshowed that the virus claimed 67 lives in the past 24 hours, raising thedeath toll to 8,091.

With fresh 2,458 infections, the country’s total climbed to 400,484. Theactive numbers of cases have jumped to 49,105.

At least 2,165 are critically ill and 282 are on ventilators. 343,286 haverecovered from the virus.

The country’s fatality rate stands at 2.0% against the global mortalityrate of 2.3%.

Sindh remains the worst-hit province by the pandemic in terms of casesfollowed by Punjab and other provinces. 174,350 coronavirus cases have beenconfirmed in Sindh, 119,578 in Punjab, 47,370 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 17,187in Balochistan, 30,406 in Islamabad, 6,933 in Azad Kashmir and 4,658 inGilgit-Baltistan.

Moreover, 3,036 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab2,935 in Sindh, 1,369 in KP, 167 in Balochistan, 318 in Islamabad, 169 inAzad Kashmir and 97 in GB.

A total of 5,549,779 tests have been conducted across the country so farwhile 40,969 tests in the past 24 hours.